Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach

Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh. f. is an ornamental plant with unique butterfly-shaped leaves, hence its vernacular name “butterfly wing” or “rerama” in Malay. In Malaysia, the green-leafed variety of this plant has gained popularity in recent years due to testimonial reports by local consumers...

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Main Authors: Norazhar, Anis Irfan, Lee, Soo Yee, Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah, Shaari, Khozirah
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Published: MDPI AG 2021
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author Norazhar, Anis Irfan
Lee, Soo Yee
Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah
Shaari, Khozirah
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Lee, Soo Yee
Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah
Shaari, Khozirah
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description Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh. f. is an ornamental plant with unique butterfly-shaped leaves, hence its vernacular name “butterfly wing” or “rerama” in Malay. In Malaysia, the green-leafed variety of this plant has gained popularity in recent years due to testimonial reports by local consumers of its medicinal uses, which include treatment for cancer. Despite these popular uses, there is very limited information on the phytochemistry of the leaf of this plant, presenting a significant gap in the cheminformatics of the plant species. Herein, we report a substantially detailed phytochemical profile of the leaf metabolome of the green-leafed variety of C. vespertilionis, obtained by deploying an untargeted tandem mass spectrometry-based molecular networking approach. The detailed inspection of the molecular network map generated for the leaf metabolome enabled the putative identification of 60 metabolites, comprising 13 phenolic acids, 20 flavonoids, 2 benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline-type alkaloids, 4 hydroxyjasmonic acid derivatives, 2 phenethyl derivatives, 3 monoacylglycerols, 4 fatty acid amides, 2 chlorophyll derivatives, 4 carotenoids, 2 organic acids, 1 nucleoside, and 3 amino acids. Flavonoids are the major class of metabolites that characterize the plant leaves. Employing a mass-targeted isolation approach, two new derivatives of apigenin-6-C-β-glucoside, the major constituents of the plant leaf, were successfully purified and spectroscopically characterized as apigenin-6-C-β-glucoside 4′-O-α-apiofuranoside (28) and apigenin-6-C-β-[(4″,6″-O-dimalonyl)-glucoside] 4′-O-α-apiofuranoside (47). This work provides further information on the chemical space of the plant leaf,
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spelling upm.eprints-941582023-03-28T03:32:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94158/ Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach Norazhar, Anis Irfan Lee, Soo Yee Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah Shaari, Khozirah Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh. f. is an ornamental plant with unique butterfly-shaped leaves, hence its vernacular name “butterfly wing” or “rerama” in Malay. In Malaysia, the green-leafed variety of this plant has gained popularity in recent years due to testimonial reports by local consumers of its medicinal uses, which include treatment for cancer. Despite these popular uses, there is very limited information on the phytochemistry of the leaf of this plant, presenting a significant gap in the cheminformatics of the plant species. Herein, we report a substantially detailed phytochemical profile of the leaf metabolome of the green-leafed variety of C. vespertilionis, obtained by deploying an untargeted tandem mass spectrometry-based molecular networking approach. The detailed inspection of the molecular network map generated for the leaf metabolome enabled the putative identification of 60 metabolites, comprising 13 phenolic acids, 20 flavonoids, 2 benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline-type alkaloids, 4 hydroxyjasmonic acid derivatives, 2 phenethyl derivatives, 3 monoacylglycerols, 4 fatty acid amides, 2 chlorophyll derivatives, 4 carotenoids, 2 organic acids, 1 nucleoside, and 3 amino acids. Flavonoids are the major class of metabolites that characterize the plant leaves. Employing a mass-targeted isolation approach, two new derivatives of apigenin-6-C-β-glucoside, the major constituents of the plant leaf, were successfully purified and spectroscopically characterized as apigenin-6-C-β-glucoside 4′-O-α-apiofuranoside (28) and apigenin-6-C-β-[(4″,6″-O-dimalonyl)-glucoside] 4′-O-α-apiofuranoside (47). This work provides further information on the chemical space of the plant leaf, MDPI AG 2021-04-15 Article PeerReviewed Norazhar, Anis Irfan and Lee, Soo Yee and Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah and Shaari, Khozirah (2021) Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11 (8). pp. 1-29. ISSN 2076-3417 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3526/htm 10.3390/app11083526
spellingShingle Norazhar, Anis Irfan
Lee, Soo Yee
Mohd Faudzi, Siti Munirah
Shaari, Khozirah
Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title_full Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title_fullStr Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title_full_unstemmed Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title_short Metabolite profiling of Christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
title_sort metabolite profiling of christia vespertilionis leaf metabolome via molecular network approach
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