Higher amount of steviol detected in the leaves of a non-toxic endangered medicinal herb, ss="a-plus-plus">Aconitum heterophyllum

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• 作者：Varun Kumar ; Rajinder Singh Chauhan
• 关键词：Steviol ; A. heterophyllum ; S. rebaudiana ; RP ; HPLC ; Non ; toxic
• 刊名：Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：4
• 页码：442-445
• 全文大小：728 KB
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Plant Biochemistry; Protein Science; Receptors; Cell Biology;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0974-1275
• 卷排序：25

文摘

Aconitum heterophyllum is the only non-toxic species of Aconitum genus having immense therapeutic potential. To date, only roots of this plant species are used for the preparation of various herbal formulations while leaves are discarded due to lack of information on the presence of any therapeutically active compounds. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the detection and quantification of diterpene steviol in the leaves of A. heterophyllum. Interestingly, the level of steviol is equivalent to Stevia rebaudiana leaves which is the richest source reported so far. Thus, A. heterophyllum leaves will not only provide a novel source for extraction of steviol but also benefit the harvesters to get additional economic returns on leaf biomass for this high-value non-toxic plant species.