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Planta Med 1999; 65(6): 567-571
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-14028
Original Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Contents of Constituents in Mature and Immature Fruits of Evodia Species

Wu-Chang Chuang1 , Chang-Ming  Cheng2 , Hsien-Chang Chang2 , Yuh-Pan Chen2 , Shuenn-Jyi Sheu1
  • 1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 2Brion Research Institute of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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November 10, 1998

January 10, 1999

Publikationsdatum:
31. Dezember 1999 (online)

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Abstract

A total of 33 commercial samples of Evodiae fructus originated from the rutaceous plants Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. and E. rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. var. officinalis (Dode) Huang (= E. officinalis Dode), respectively, were collected from Taiwan's herbal market. The contents of eighteen constituents (including 15 alkaloids, 2 flavonoids and 1 diterpenoid) in these samples were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography within 60 minutes. Analysis results showed that the constituent contents were almost unrelated to the species, but rather closely related to the degrees of maturity of the fruit. Those fruits with open mouths and unsplit ovaries had the highest total contents, fruits with open mouths and split ovaries had lower contents, and fruits with closed mouths had the lowest contents. In terms of the individual constituents, the open-mouth fruits contained higher contents of dehydroevodiamine, evodiamine, evocarpine and rutaecarpine, whereas the closed-mouth fruits had higher contents of dehydroevodiamine, epimedoside C, evocarpine and evodiamine.

Key words:

Evodia species - Rutaceae - Evodia constituents - alkaloids - flavonoids - variation - open-mouth fruits - closed-mouth fruits

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