Chemotaxonomy of three genera of the annonaceae family using self-organizing maps and 13C NMR data of diterpenes

The Annonaceae family is distributed throughout Neotropical regions of the world. In Brazil, it covers nearly all natural formations particularly Annona, Xylopia and Polyalthia and is characterized chemically by the production of sources of terpenoids (mainly diterpenes), alkaloids, steroids, polyph...

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Main Authors: Luciana Scotti, Josean Fechine Tavares, Marcelo Sobral da Silva, Emanuela Viana Falcão, Luana de Morais e Silva, Gabriela Cristina da Silva Soares, Marcus Tullius Scotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2012-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422012001100008&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:The Annonaceae family is distributed throughout Neotropical regions of the world. In Brazil, it covers nearly all natural formations particularly Annona, Xylopia and Polyalthia and is characterized chemically by the production of sources of terpenoids (mainly diterpenes), alkaloids, steroids, polyphenols and, flavonoids. Studies from 13C NMR data of diterpenes related with their botanical occurrence were used to generate self-organizing maps (SOM). Results corroborate those in the literature obtained from morphological and molecular data for three genera and the model can be used to project other diterpenes. Therefore, the model produced can predict which genera are likely to contain a compound.
ISSN:1678-7064