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Avula B, Bae JY, Chittiboyina AG, Wang YH, Wang M, Zhao J, Ali Z, Brinckmann JA, Li J, Wu C, Khan IA. Chemometric analysis and chemical characterization for the botanical identification of Glycyrrhiza species (G. glabra, G. uralensis, G. inflata, G. echinata and G. lepidota) using liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (LC-QToF). J Food Compost Anal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Krittanai S, Pichetpongtorn P, Sakamoto S, Putalun W. Monoclonal antibody-based immunoassay for the specific quantification of licochalcone A: an active chalcone in licorice. FOOD AGR IMMUNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2022.2053948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Supaluk Krittanai
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Fanani MZ, Sawai S, Seki H, Ishimori M, Ohyama K, Fukushima EO, Sudo H, Saito K, Muranaka T. Allylic Hydroxylation Activity Is a Source of Saponin Chemodiversity in the Genus Glycyrrhiza. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 62:262-271. [PMID: 33439252 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) produces glycyrrhizin, a valuable triterpenoid saponin, which exhibits persistent sweetness and broad pharmacological activities. In the genus Glycyrrhiza, three species, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza inflata, produce glycyrrhizin as their main triterpenoid saponin, which has a ketone group at C-11. Other Glycyrrhiza species produce mainly oleanane-type saponins, which harbor homoannular or heteroannular diene structures that lack the C-11 ketone. Although the glycyrrhizin biosynthetic pathway has been fully elucidated, the pathway involving saponins with diene structures remains unclear. CYP88D6 from G. uralensis is a key enzyme in glycyrrhizin biosynthesis, catalyzing the sequential two-step oxidation of β-amyrin at position C-11 to produce 11-oxo-β-amyrin. In this study, we evaluated the functions of CYP88D6 homologs from the glycyrrhizin-producing species G. glabra and G. inflata and from the non-glycyrrhizin-producing species Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora and Glycyrrhiza macedonica, using yeast engineered to supply β-amyrin as a substrate. Yeast expressing CYP88D6 homologs from glycyrrhizin-producing species produced 11-oxo-β-amyrin. However, yeast expressing CYP88D6 homologs (such as CYP88D15) from the non-glycyrrhizin-producing Glycyrrhiza species accumulated oleana-9(11),12-dien-3β-ol and oleana-11,13(18)-dien-3β-ol; these diene compounds are non-enzymatic or yeast endogenous enzymatic dehydration derivatives of 11α-hydroxy-β-amyrin, a direct reaction product of CYP88D15. These results suggest that the activities of CYP88D6 homologs, particularly their ability to catalyze the second oxidation, could influence glycyrrhizin productivity and diversify the chemical structures of saponins in Glycyrrhiza plants. A synthetic biological approach to engineer CYP88D15 could enable the production of pharmacologically active saponins with diene structures, such as saikosaponins, whose biosynthetic pathways have yet to be fully characterized.
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- Much Z Fanani
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675 Japan
- Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd, Chiba, 285-0801 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 152-8551 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
- Translational Plant Research Group, Universidad Regional Amaz�nica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
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- Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd, Chiba, 285-0801 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
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Ali Z, Srivedavyasasri R, Zhao J, Avula B, Chittiboyina AG, Khan IA. Oleanane-type triterpenoid glucuronosides from Glycyrrhiza echinata L. root. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2020.104088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hantemirova EV, Belyaev AY, Korchagina OS, Laletina IA. Genetic Differentiation and Phylogenetic Relationships of Glycyrrhiza glabra L., G. uralensis Fisch., and G. korshinskyi Grig. Inferred from Chloroplast DNA Variation. RUSS J GENET+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795420070066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Transcriptome and complete chloroplast genome of Glycyrrhiza inflata and comparative analyses with the other two licorice species. Genomics 2020; 112:4179-4188. [PMID: 32650098 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this study, we characterized the transcriptome and chloroplast genome of Glycyrrhiza inflata and performed comparative analyses with G. uralensis and G. glabra. 60,541unigenes were obtained from the transcriptome of G. inflata. The results of function annotation revealed a similar distribution of functional categories among three licorice species. By comparing chloroplast genomes of licorice species, it was demonstrated that the structure and the length of genome as well as gene content and gene order were highly similar. The phylogenetic tree, constructed with the mixed data of transcriptome and chloroplast genome, elucidated that G. inflata and G. glabra had a closer relationship than G. uralensis. Six regions were suggested as potential markers for the identification of three licorice species. In each licorice species, two unigenes were homologous to reference flavonol synthase. For G. inflata, 48 and 21 RNA editing sites were detected by PREP-Cp program and RNA-Seq data mapping, respectively.
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Du K, Yang J, Yang L, Wang Z, Wang R, Shi Y. Chemical profiling and marker characterization of Huangqin decoction prepared with three types of peony root by liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2020; 43:2558-2570. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201901305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Kang Du
- School of PharmacyShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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- School of PharmacyShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine ResearchShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
- The MOE key laboratory of Standardization of Chinese MedicinesInstitute of Chinese Materia MedicaShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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- The MOE key laboratory of Standardization of Chinese MedicinesInstitute of Chinese Materia MedicaShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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- School of PharmacyShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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- The MOE key laboratory of Standardization of Chinese MedicinesInstitute of Chinese Materia MedicaShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
- Institute of TCM International StandardizationShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai P. R. China
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Duan L, Harris A, Su C, Zhang ZR, Arslan E, Ertuğrul K, Loc PK, Hayashi H, Wen J, Chen HF. Chloroplast Phylogenomics Reveals the Intercontinental Biogeographic History of the Liquorice Genus (Leguminosae: Glycyrrhiza). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:793. [PMID: 32636856 PMCID: PMC7318913 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The liquorice genus, Glycyrrhiza L. (Leguminosae), is a medicinal herb with great economic importance and an intriguing intercontinental disjunct distribution in Eurasia, North Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Glycyrrhiza, along with Glycyrrhizopsis Boiss. and Meristotropis Fisch. & C.A.Mey., comprise Glycyrrhiza s.l. Here we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history in Glycyrrhiza s.l. using sequence data of whole chloroplast genomes. We found that Glycyrrhiza s.l. is sister to the tribe Wisterieae and is divided into four main clades. Clade I, corresponds to Glycyrrhizopsis and is sister to Glycyrrhiza sensu Meng. Meristotropis is embedded within Glycyrrhiza sensu Meng, and these two genera together form Clades II-IV. Based on biogeographic analyses and divergence time dating, Glycyrrhiza s.l. originated during the late Eocene and its most recent common ancestor (MRCA) was distributed in the interior of Eurasia and the circum-Mediterranean region. A vicariance event, which was possibly a response to the uplifting of the Turkish-Iranian Plateau, may have driven the divergence between Glycyrrhiza sensu Meng and Glycyrrhizopsis in the Middle Miocene. The third and fourth main uplift events of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau may have led to rapid evolutionary diversification within Glycyrrhiza sensu Meng. Subsequently, the MRCA of Clade II might have migrated to North America (G. lepidota) via the Bering land bridge during the early Pliocene, and reached temperate South America (G. astragalina) by long-distance dispersal (LDD). Within Clade III, the ancestor of G. acanthocarpa arrived at southern Australia through LDD after the late Pliocene, whereas all other species (the SPEY clade) migrated to the interior of Eurasia and the Mediterranean region in the early Pleistocene. The MRCA of Clade IV was restricted in the interior of Eurasia, but its descendants have become widespread in temperate regions of the Old World Northern Hemisphere during the last million years.
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- Lei Duan
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
- *Correspondence: Lei Duan,
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institution of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Botany and HNU, Faculty of Biology, VNU Hanoi University of Science (HUS), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
- Jun Wen,
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Hong-Feng Chen,
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Fanani MZ, Fukushima EO, Sawai S, Tang J, Ishimori M, Sudo H, Ohyama K, Seki H, Saito K, Muranaka T. Molecular Basis of C-30 Product Regioselectivity of Legume Oxidases Involved in High-Value Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1520. [PMID: 31850023 PMCID: PMC6901910 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The triterpenes are structurally diverse group of specialized metabolites with important roles in plant defense and human health. Glycyrrhizin, with a carboxyl group at C-30 of its aglycone moiety, is a valuable triterpene glycoside, the production of which is restricted to legume medicinal plants belonging to the Glycyrrhiza species. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are important for generating triterpene chemodiversity by catalyzing site-specific oxidation of the triterpene scaffold. CYP72A154 was previously identified from the glycyrrhizin-producing plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis as a C-30 oxidase in glycyrrhizin biosynthesis, but its regioselectivity is rather low. In contrast, CYP72A63 from Medicago truncatula showed superior regioselectivity in C-30 oxidation, improving the production of glycyrrhizin aglycone in engineered yeast. The underlying molecular basis of C-30 product regioselectivity is not well understood. Here, we identified two amino acid residues that control C-30 product regioselectivity and contribute to the chemodiversity of triterpenes accumulated in legumes. Amino acid sequence comparison combined with structural analysis of the protein model identified Leu149 and Leu398 as important amino acid residues for C-30 product regioselectivity. These results were further confirmed by mutagenesis of CYP72A154 homologs from glycyrrhizin-producing species, functional phylogenomics analyses, and comparison of corresponding residues of C-30 oxidase homologs in other legumes. These findings could be combined with metabolic engineering to further enhance the production of high-value triterpene compounds.
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- Much Zaenal Fanani
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd., Sakura, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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Hayashi H, Yokoshima K, Chiba R, Fujii I, Fattokhov I, Saidov M. Field Survey of Glycyrrhiza Plants in Central Asia (5). Chemical Characterization of G. bucharica Collected in Tajikistan. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2019; 67:534-539. [PMID: 31155558 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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One triterpene and five triterpene glycosides, including four new compounds, have been identified in the underground parts of Glycyrrhiza bucharica, which was shown to be closely related to Glycyrrhizin-producing Glycyrrhiza species, G. uralensis, G. glabra and G. inflata, based on their chloroplast rbcL sequences. Two known compounds were identified squasapogenol and macedonoside C. The structures of four new compounds, bucharosides A, B, C, and D, were determined to be 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl squasapogenol, 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-macedonic acid, 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-squasapogenol, and 22-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl squasapogenol, respectively. Contents of these triterpene glycosides were less than 0.5% of dry weight, and no main saponin, like glycyrrhizin or macedonoside C found in other Glycyrrhiza species, was found in the underground parts of G. bucharica.
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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Jo IH, Sung J, Hong CE, Raveendar S, Bang KH, Chung JW. Development of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) and high-resolution melting (HRM) markers from the chloroplast genome of Glycyrrhiza species. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:220. [PMID: 29682439 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1245-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is an important medicinal crop often used as health foods or medicine worldwide. The molecular genetics of licorice is under scarce owing to lack of molecular markers. Here, we have developed cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) and high-resolution melting (HRM) markers based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) by comparing the chloroplast genomes of two Glycyrrhiza species (G. glabra and G. lepidota). The CAPS and HRM markers were tested for diversity analysis with 24 Glycyrrhiza accessions. The restriction profiles generated with CAPS markers classified the accessions (2-4 genotypes) and melting curves (2-3) were obtained from the HRM markers. The number of alleles and major allele frequency were 2-6 and 0.31-0.92, respectively. The genetic distance and polymorphism information content values were 0.16-0.76 and 0.15-0.72, respectively. The phylogenetic relationships among the 24 accessions were estimated using a dendrogram, which classified them into four clades. Except clade III, the remaining three clades included the same species, confirming interspecies genetic correlation. These 18 CAPS and HRM markers might be helpful for genetic diversity assessment and rapid identification of licorice species.
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Baba M, Fukuda E, Uesawa Y, Kai H, Matsuno K, Okada Y. Application of Mixture Analysis to Crude Materials from Natural Resources (V) [1]: Discrimination of Glycyrrhiza uralensis and G. glabra by EI mass spectrometry. Nat Prod Commun 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1701200109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The roots and stolons of some Glycyrrhiza species are used worldwide for traditional folk medicines and commercial pharmaceuticals. Phenolic constituents such as flavonoids and coumarins are medicinal and vary according to species. Therefore, species identification is important for quality analysis. In order to identify Glycyrrhiza species by chemical fingerprinting, methanol extracts of the root bark of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer and G. glabra Linné were analyzed using EI-MS. Differences in kinds and quantity of components are reflected in complex EI-MS data and determining characteristic peaks for each species is straightforward. The characteristic peaks were determined statistically by volcano plot, a multivariate analysis method. EI-MS data of G. uralensis and G. glabra showed differential patterns, and the notable peaks in each pattern were identified. Peaks at m/z 153 and 221 are signature peaks of G. uralensis, and at m/z 173, 309, and 324 are those of G. glabra. In conclusion, we found species-specific patterns by EI-MS that distinguish G. uralensis and G. glabra. This method based on chemical constituent patterns can be applied to identify other Glycyrrhiza species and similar natural products.
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- Masaki Baba
- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Faculty of Hygienic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, 1714-1 Yoshino-machi, Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-8508, Japan
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- Faculty of Hygienic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, 1714-1 Yoshino-machi, Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-8508, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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Shults EE, Shakirov MM, Pokrovsky MA, Petrova TN, Pokrovsky AG, Gorovoy PG. Phenolic compounds from Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Maxim. and their cytotoxic activity. Nat Prod Res 2016; 31:445-452. [PMID: 27210480 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1188094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Twenty-one phenolic compounds (1-21) including dihydrocinnamic acid, isoflavonoids, flavonoids, coumestans, pterocarpans, chalcones, isoflavan and isoflaven, were isolated from the roots of Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Maxim. Phloretinic acid (1), chrysin (6), 9-methoxycoumestan (8), isoglycyrol (9), 6″-O-acetylanonin (19) and 6″-O-acetylwistin (21) were isolated from G. pallidiflora for the first time. Isoflavonoid acetylglycosides 19, 21 might be artefacts that could be produced during the EtOAc fractionation process of whole extract. Compounds 2-4, 10, 11, 19 and 21 were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity with respect to model cancer cell lines (CEM-13, MT-4, U-937) using the conventional MTT assays. Isoflavonoid calycosin (4) showed the best potency against human T-cell leukaemia cells MT-4 (CTD50, 2.9 μM). Pterocarpans medicarpin (10) and homopterocarpin (11) exhibit anticancer activity in micromolar range with selectivity on the human monocyte cells U-937. The isoflavan (3R)-vestitol (16) was highly selective on the lymphoblastoid leukaemia cells CEM-13 and was more active than the drug doxorubicin.
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- Elvira E Shults
- a Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , Novosibirsk , Russia.,b Medicinal Department , Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk , Russia
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- a Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , Novosibirsk , Russia
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- b Medicinal Department , Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk , Russia
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- a Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , Novosibirsk , Russia
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- b Medicinal Department , Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk , Russia
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- c G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Vladivostok , Russia
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Hayashi H, Tamura S, Chiba R, Fujii I, Yoshikawa N, Fattokhov I, Saidov M. Field Survey of Glycyrrhiza Plants in Central Asia (4). Characterization of G. glabra and G. bucharica Collected in Tajikistan. Biol Pharm Bull 2016; 39:1781-1786. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b16-00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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Ajmal Ali M, Gyulai G, Hidvégi N, Kerti B, Al Hemaid FM, Pandey AK, Lee J. The changing epitome of species identification - DNA barcoding. Saudi J Biol Sci 2014; 21:204-31. [PMID: 24955007 PMCID: PMC4061418 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 03/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The discipline taxonomy (the science of naming and classifying organisms, the original bioinformatics and a basis for all biology) is fundamentally important in ensuring the quality of life of future human generation on the earth; yet over the past few decades, the teaching and research funding in taxonomy have declined because of its classical way of practice which lead the discipline many a times to a subject of opinion, and this ultimately gave birth to several problems and challenges, and therefore the taxonomist became an endangered race in the era of genomics. Now taxonomy suddenly became fashionable again due to revolutionary approaches in taxonomy called DNA barcoding (a novel technology to provide rapid, accurate, and automated species identifications using short orthologous DNA sequences). In DNA barcoding, complete data set can be obtained from a single specimen irrespective to morphological or life stage characters. The core idea of DNA barcoding is based on the fact that the highly conserved stretches of DNA, either coding or non coding regions, vary at very minor degree during the evolution within the species. Sequences suggested to be useful in DNA barcoding include cytoplasmic mitochondrial DNA (e.g. cox1) and chloroplast DNA (e.g. rbcL, trnL-F, matK, ndhF, and atpB rbcL), and nuclear DNA (ITS, and house keeping genes e.g. gapdh). The plant DNA barcoding is now transitioning the epitome of species identification; and thus, ultimately helping in the molecularization of taxonomy, a need of the hour. The 'DNA barcodes' show promise in providing a practical, standardized, species-level identification tool that can be used for biodiversity assessment, life history and ecological studies, forensic analysis, and many more.
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- M. Ajmal Ali
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. István University, Gödöllo H-2103, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. István University, Gödöllo H-2103, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. István University, Gödöllo H-2103, Hungary
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 111 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305 806, South Korea
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Fukuda E, Uesawa Y, Baba M, Okada Y. Application of Mixture Analysis to Crude Materials from Natural Resources (IV)[1(a-c)]: Identification of Glycyrrhiza Species by Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (II). Nat Prod Commun 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1300801216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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In order to identify Glycyrrhiza species by chemical fingerprinting, the bark of the roots and stolons of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer and G. glabra Linné were analyzed using DART (Direct Analysis in Real Time)-MS. The characteristic peaks of each species were determined statistically by volcano plot. This summarizes the relationship between the p-values of a statistical test and the magnitude of the difference in values of the samples in the groups. In this experiment, peaks that had a p value <0.05 in the t test and ≥2 absolute difference were defined as characteristic. As a result, characteristic peaks of G. uralensis were found at m/z 299, 315, 341, and 369. In contrast, characteristic peaks of G. glabra were found at m/z 323, 325, 337, 339, and 391. In conclusion, we found several characteristic peaks to distinguish G. uralensis and G. glabra by DART-MS using volcano plot. This method can be applied to identify the Glycyrrhiza species.
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- Eriko Fukuda
- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204–8588, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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Fukuda E, Baba M, Iwasaki N, Uesawa Y, Arifuku K, Kamo O, Tsubono K, Okada Y. Identification of Glycyrrhiza Species by Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Nat Prod Commun 2010. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000501111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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DART (Direct Analysis in Real Time)-MS is a novel mass spectrometric ion source, and allows the analysis of most compounds at ambient pressure and ground potential by producing [M+H]+ molecular ion species. Using this method, we examined the compounds characteristic of several kinds of licorices. For the analysis of Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin, the peak at m/z 339 originates mainly from [M+H]+ of licochalcone A (LA), a species-specific compound. This peak was hardly detected in G. glabra Linné and G. uralensis Fischer. These results indicate that G. inflata can be differentiated from the other two species by detection of LA peaks using DART-MS analysis.
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- Eriko Fukuda
- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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- JEOL LTD., 1156 Nakagami-cho, Akishima, Tokyo 196–0022, Japan
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- JEOL LTD., 1156 Nakagami-cho, Akishima, Tokyo 196–0022, Japan
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- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan
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Sil Lee Y, Ha Kim S, Kyu Kim J, Shin HK, Kang YH, Yoon Park JH, Lim SS. Rapid identification and preparative isolation of antioxidant components in licorice. J Sep Sci 2010; 33:664-71. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200900620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lee CK, Son SH, Park KK, Park JHY, Lim SS, Kim SH, Chung WY. Licochalcone A Inhibits the Growth of Colon Carcinoma and Attenuates Cisplatin-Induced Toxicity without a Loss of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy in Mice. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2008; 103:48-54. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lee CK, Park KK, Lim SS, Park JHY, Chung WY. Effects of the licorice extract against tumor growth and cisplatin-induced toxicity in a mouse xenograft model of colon cancer. Biol Pharm Bull 2007; 30:2191-5. [PMID: 17978499 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.2191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cisplatin is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents and plays a major role in the treatment of a variety of human solid tumors. However, its toxicity limits the clinical use. Recently, the administration of antioxidants has been suggested to protect against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. The present study was designed to estimate the antitumor activity of the licorice extract alone and in combination with cisplatin, and its protective potential against cisplatin-induced toxicity in a mouse xenograft model. The administration of the licorice extract significantly inhibited tumor growth in BALB/C mice inoculated with CT-26 colon cancer cells. The combination of the licorice extract and cisplatin diminished the therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin but promoted considerably antitumor activity of the licorice extract. In mice with cisplatin treatment for 15 d, the serum levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine remarkably were increased by kidney damage, and the serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were elevated by liver damage. The administration of the licorice extract plus cisplatin recovered these functional indices in the kidney and liver to almost the control levels. In addition, the administration of the licorice extract significantly reduced the cisplatin-induced oxidative stress. Taken together, the administration of the licorice extract inhibits the growth of mouse colon carcinoma without any adverse effects, and reduces the cisplatin-induced toxicity. Therefore, the licorice extract may be a candidate for an anticancer and chemopreventive agent. However, cancer patients with cisplatin therapy should avoid the supplementation of the licorice extract.
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- Chang Ki Lee
- Department of Oral Biology, Oral Cancer Research Institute, Oral Science Research Institute and Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-ku, Seoul, Korea
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Kondo K, Shiba M, Yamaji H, Morota T, Zhengmin C, Huixia P, Shoyama Y. Species identification of licorice using nrDNA and cpDNA genetic markers. Biol Pharm Bull 2007; 30:1497-502. [PMID: 17666810 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.1497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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For the accurate identification of medicinal licorice species, nucleotide sequences of four types of DNA regions were researched for 205 specimens, including three species used as licorice: Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Glycyrrhiza glabra, and Glycyrrhiza inflata. The four DNA regions were the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) on nuclear ribosomal DNA, the rbcL gene, the matK gene, and the trnH-psbA intergenic region on chloroplast DNA (cpDNA). Ten genotypes were consequently recognized as combinations of the sequence data obtained from the four DNA regions. Species-specific genotypes were defined from the frequency of the appearance of species in each genotype and from the phylogenetic relationships of the 10 genotypes. This revealed the possibility of identifying licorice species based on the 10 genotypes. Next, comparison of species identifications by each DNA region suggested that efficient identification of licorice species is possible using the genetic information obtained from the ITS and trnH-psbA intergenic region. Additionally, concerning the phylogenetic relationships of the Glycyrrhiza species used as licorice, it is suggested from the genetic information of the four types of DNA regions that G. glabra is more closely related to G. inflata than to G. uralensis. In the G. uralensis examined, four genotypes were recognized as intra specific variations. The appearance frequency of each genotype in G. uralensis differed according to the area in China. G. uralensis may have expanded its distribution areas from western to eastern China because many licorices with the phylogenetic ancestral genotype were observed in western areas, while many with the derivative genotype were observed in eastern areas.
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- Kenji Kondo
- Botanical Raw Materials Research Department, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan.
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Ammosov AS, Litvinenko VI. Phenolic compounds of the genera Glycyrrhiza L. and Meristotropis Fisch. et Mey. (review). Pharm Chem J 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-007-0084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kondo K, Shiba M, Nakamura R, Morota T, Shoyama Y. Constituent Properties of Licorices Derived from Glycyrrhiza uralensis, G. glabra, or G. inflata Identified by Genetic Information. Biol Pharm Bull 2007; 30:1271-7. [PMID: 17603166 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.1271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Constituent properties of licorices derived from Glycyrrhiza uralensis, G. glabra, and G. inflata are revealed by comparing 117 of licorice identified using four genetic markers; internal tracscribed spacer (ITS) on nuclear ribosomal DNA, rbcL gene, matK gene, and trnH-trnK1 intergenic region on chloroplast DNA. Regarding six main constituents of licorice; glycyrrhizin, liquiritin, liquiritin apioside, isoliquiritin, isoliquiritin apioside, and liquiritigenin, the constituent property of G. glabra resembles to that of G. inflata. On the other hand, the constituent property of G. uralensis is not similar to that of G. glabra or G. inflata and is characterized by a wide content variation of the six constituents compared to those of G. glabra and/or G. inflata. The mean contents of liquiritin, isoliquiritin, or liquilitigenin in G. uralensis are significantly higher than those of G. glabra or G. inflata. Therefore, the licorice species should be selected depending on these constituent properties for the traditional Chinese medicines or the Japanese Kampo medicines. Additionally, glycycoumarin, glabridin, and licochalcone A were reconfirmed as the species-specific typical constituents of G. uralensis, G. glabra, and G. inflata respectively. Therefore, it is resulted that the determination of the three species-specific constituents may be useful for the species identification of licorice. However, since 6% of licorice examined and hybrids were exceptions to the rule, their genetic information is necessary for the accurate species identification of licorice.
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- Kenji Kondo
- Botanical Raw Materials Research Dept., Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kolbe L, Immeyer J, Batzer J, Wensorra U, tom Dieck K, Mundt C, Wolber R, Stäb F, Schönrock U, Ceilley RI, Wenck H. Anti-inflammatory efficacy of Licochalcone A: correlation of clinical potency and in vitro effects. Arch Dermatol Res 2006; 298:23-30. [PMID: 16552540 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-006-0654-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Licochalcone A (LicA), a major phenolic constituent of the licorice species Glycyrrhiza inflata, has recently been reported to have anti-inflammatory as well as anti-microbial effects. These anti-inflammatory properties might be exploited for topical applications of LicA. We conducted prospective randomized vehicle-controlled clinical trials to assess the anti-irritative efficacy of cosmetic formulations containing LicA in a post-shaving skin irritation model and on UV-induced erythema formation. The clinical trials were accompanied by a series of in vitro experiments to characterize anti-inflammatory properties of LicA on several dermatologically relevant cell types. Topical LicA causes a highly significant reduction in erythema relative to the vehicle control in both the shave- and UV-induced erythema tests, demonstrating the anti-irritative properties of LicA. Furthermore, LicA is a potent inhibitor of pro-inflammatory in vitro responses, including N-formyl-MET-LEU-PHE (fMLP)- or zymosan-induced oxidative burst of granulocytes, UVB-induced PGE(2) release by keratinocytes, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced PGE(2) release by adult dermal fibroblasts, fMLP-induced LTB(4) release by granulocytes, and LPS-induced IL-6/TNF-alpha secretion by monocyte-derived dendritic cells. The reported data suggest therapeutic skin care benefits from LicA when applied to sensitive or irritated skin.
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- Ludger Kolbe
- Beiersdorf AG, Research and Development, Unnastrasse 48, 20245 Hamburg, Germany.
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Komatsu K, Nagayama Y, Tanaka K, Ling Y, Cai SQ, Omote T, Meselhy MR. Comparative Study of Chemical Constituents of Rhubarb from Different Origins. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2006; 54:1491-9. [PMID: 17077545 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.54.1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A comparative study of the pharmacologically active constituents of 24 rhubarb samples, which were identified genetically as Rheum tanguticum, 3 intraspecies groups of R. palmatum and R. officinale, was conducted using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods. Thirty compounds belonging to anthraquinones, anthraquinone glucosides, dianthrones, phenylbutanones, stilbenes, flavan-3-ols, procyanidins, galloylglucoses, acylglucoses, gallic acid, and polymeric procyanidins were analyzed quantitatively. The drug samples derived from the same botanical source showed similar chromatographic profiles, and the comparable specific shape that appeared in the 10-directed radar graphs constructed on the basis of the results of quantitative analysis indicated the relationship between chemical constituent patterns and genetic varieties of rhubarb samples.
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- Katsuko Komatsu
- Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Resources, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
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Hayashi H, Miwa E, Inoue K. Phylogenetic Relationship of Glycyrrhiza lepidota, American Licorice, in Genus Glycyrrhiza Based on rbcL Sequences and Chemical Constituents. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 28:161-4. [PMID: 15635184 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two known saponins, licorice-saponin H2 and macedonoside A, were isolated from the stolons of Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) as major saponins. Since licorice-saponin H2 and macedonoside A are minor saponins isolated from the three glycyrrhizin-producing species (i.e. G. glabra, G. uralensis, G. inflata) and the three macedonoside C-producing species (i.e. G. macedonica, G. echinata, G. pallidiflora), respectively, the present study suggests that G. lepidota is an intermediate of both glycyrrhizin-producing and macedonoside C-producing species. The phylogenetic tree constructed from the nucleotide sequences of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit gene (rbcL) of these seven Glycyrrhiza plants indicated that G. lepidota was separated from the other six Glycyrrhiza species, and this phylogenetic relationship was in accordance with their saponin compositions.
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Hayashi H, Inoue K, Ozaki K, Watanabe H. Comparative Analysis of Ten Strains of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Cultivated in Japan. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 28:1113-6. [PMID: 15930758 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Comparative analysis of 10 strains of Glycyrrhiza uralensis cultivated in Kyoto, Japan, was undertaken to characterize their variations. Based on the chemical characteristics of their leaves and underground parts, the 10 strains were divided into two chemotypes, the China type and Kazakhstan type. The contents of licoleafol in the leaves of the China type (0-0.03% of dry weight) were lower than those of the Kazakhstan type (0.05-1.16% of dry weight). In addition, a China type-specific unidentified compound was also detected in the leaves of China-type plants. Glycyrrhizin contents in the underground parts of the China type (2.08-5.12% of dry weight) were relatively higher than those of the Kazakhstan type (0.75-2.55% of dry weight). Contents of glycycoumarin, a species-specific flavonoid of G. uralensis, in the underground parts of China-type plants (0.07-0.28% of dry weight) were higher than those of Kazakhstan-type plants (0.01-0.08% of dry weight). These 10 strains were also divided into two genotypes, the GA type and AT type, based on their chloroplast ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences, although there was no correlation between the chemotype and the rbcL genotype.
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Kusano G, Shibano M, Watanabe H, Ozaki K. [Pharmaceutical botanical studies on some Glycyrrhiza species]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2003; 123:619-31. [PMID: 12931658 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.123.619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Some Glycyrrhiza species grown in several domestic research gardens of medicinal plants were collected by the Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences and were cultivated to compare their morphological properties. HPLC profile analysis was performed and index compounds of MeOH extracts of aerial parts and EtOAc extracts of subterranean parts were determined. Glycyrrhizin contents and growth rates of the underground parts of some types of Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Glycyrrhiza glabra were compared and four excellent types were selected as candidates for cultivation. One of them was due to Kanzo-Yashiki (Enzan, Yamanashi prefecture), where G. uralensis was cultivated in the Edo period. Alkaloidal constituents of G. uralensis and G. glabra were also investigated and anabasine (an insecticide) and a new tricyclic alkaloid were obtained.
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- Genjiro Kusano
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a 4-20-1, Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Japan
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Kite G, Veitch N, Grayer R, Simmonds M. The use of hyphenated techniques in comparative phytochemical studies of legumes. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0305-1978(03)00086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hayashi H, Hattori S, Inoue K, Sarsenbaev K, Ito M, Honda G. Field survey of Glycyrrhiza plants in Central Asia (1). Characterization of G. uralensis, G. glabra and the putative intermediate collected in Kazakhstan. Biol Pharm Bull 2003; 26:867-71. [PMID: 12808302 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.26.867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The characteristics of Glycyrrhiza plants from 12 collection sites in southeastern Kazakhstan were investigated. G. uralensis was observed at 9 of the sites from Almaty to Shu, and G. glabra was observed at 8 sites. At 4 sites near Shu, and 1 site near Almaty, G. glabra and G. uralensis grew together forming a mixed population, and intermediate-type plants between them were also observed at 3 sites. Although two nucleotide substitutions of the chloroplast rbcL gene were observed between G. uralensis and G. glabra, rbcL sequences of the intermediate-types were divided into G. uralensis-type (G-A type) and G. glabra-type (A-T type). HPLC analysis of the roots indicated that species-specific flavonoids, glabridin and glycycoumarin, were detected in the roots of G. glabra and G. uralensis, respectively, but neither flavonoid was detected in underground parts of the intermediate-types. HPLC analysis of their leaves indicated a significant difference among G. uralensis, G. glabra and the intermediate-type plants. Both G. glabra-specific and G. uralensis-specific compounds were detected in the leaves of the intermediate-type, thus suggesting that the intermediate plants are hybrids of G. glabra and G. uralensis.
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- Hiroaki Hayashi
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan.
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Maruyama T, Yokoyama K, Makino Y, Goda Y. Phylogenetic relationship of psychoactive fungi based on the rRNA gene for a large subunit and their identification using the TaqMan assay. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2003; 51:710-4. [PMID: 12808251 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.51.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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"Magic mushrooms" (MMs) are psychoactive fungi containing the and Psychotropics Control Law in Japan. Because there are many kinds of MMs and they are often sold even as dry powders in local markets, it is very difficult to identify the original species of the MMs by morphological observation. Therefore, we investigated the rRNA gene for a large subunit (LSU) of several MMs to classify them by a genetic approach. In this paper, we described the phylogeny of species of MMs based on the partial sequence (about 970 bp) of the LSU and the rapid identification of MMs using the TaqMan PCR assay.
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Hayashi H, Huang P, Inoue K. Up-regulation of soyasaponin biosynthesis by methyl jasmonate in cultured cells of Glycyrrhiza glabra. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 44:404-11. [PMID: 12721381 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Exogenously applied methyl jasmonate (MeJA) stimulated soyasaponin biosynthesis in cultured cells of Glycyrrhiza glabra (common licorice). mRNA level and enzyme activity of beta-amyrin synthase (bAS), an oxidosqualene cyclase (OSC) situated at the branching point for oleanane-type triterpene saponin biosynthesis, were up-regulated by MeJA, whereas those of cycloartenol synthase, an OSC involved in sterol biosynthesis, were relatively constant. Two mRNAs of squalene synthase (SQS), an enzyme common to both triterpene and sterol biosyntheses, were also up-regulated by MeJA. In addition, enzyme activity of UDP-glucuronic acid: soyasapogenol B glucuronosyltransferase, an enzyme situated at a later step of soyasaponin biosynthesis, was also up-regulated by MeJA. Accumulations of bAS and two SQS mRNAs were not transient but lasted for 7 d after exposure to MeJA, resulting in the high-level accumulation (more than 2% of dry weight cells) of soyasaponins in cultured licorice cells. In contrast, bAS and SQS mRNAs were coordinately down-regulated by yeast extract, and mRNA accumulation of polyketide reductase, an enzyme involved in 5-deoxyflavonoid biosynthesis in cultured licorice cells, was induced transiently by yeast extract and MeJA, respectively.
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- Hiroaki Hayashi
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Mitahora-higashi 5-6-1, Gifu, 502-8585 Japan.
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Hayashi H, Hattori S, Inoue K, Khodzhimatov O, Ashurmetov O, Ito M, Honda G. Field Survey of Glycyrrhiza Plants in Central Asia (3). Chemical Characterization of G. glabra Collected in Uzbekistan. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2003; 51:1338-40. [PMID: 14600388 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.51.1338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The chemical characteristics of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. were investigated at a habitat in Uzbekistan. HPLC analysis of the underground parts indicated that glycyrrhizin contents varied from 3.3 to 6.1% of dry weight, and that glabridin, a species-specific flavonoid for G. glabra, was detected in all underground samples (0.08-0.35% of dry weight). HPLC analysis of the leaves indicated that G. glabra plants collected in the present study could be divided into two types, RT-type and IQ-type, according to their major flavonol glycosides, rutin or isoquercitrin, respectively.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hiroaki Hayashi
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Mitahora-higashi, Gifu, Japan.
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Hayashi H, Zhang SL, Nakaizumi T, Shimura K, Yamaguchi M, Inoue K, Sarsenbaev K, Ito M, Honda G. Field Survey of Glycyrrhiza Plants in Central Asia (2)1). Characterization of Phenolics and Their Variation in the Leaves of Glycyrrhiza Plants Collected in Kazakhstan. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2003; 51:1147-52. [PMID: 14519919 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.51.1147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A new prenylated flavanone, licoleafol, and a new prenylated dihydrostilbene, uralstilbene, together with four known compounds, 8-dimethylallyleriodictyol, sophoraflavanone B, gancaonin R, and 6-dimethylallyleriodictyol, were isolated from the leaves of Glycyrrhiza uralensis collected in Kazakhstan. HPLC analysis of the leaves of Glycyrrhiza plants collected in Kazakhstan showed that both G. uralensis-specific and Glycyrrhiza glabra-specific compounds were detected in the leaves of the morphologically intermediate-type plants, suggesting that the intermediate-type plant is a hybrid of G. glabra and G. uralensis. In addition, HPLC profiles of leaf extracts from offspring of intermediate-type plants were divided into the three types: the G. uralensis type, G. glabra type, and the intermediate type. From these results, it appears likely that the intermediate-type plant back-crosses with G. glabra and G. uralensis to generate a G. glabra-type plant and a G. uralensis-type plant, respectively.
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