TY - JOUR
T1 - Lipophylic Compounds from Euphorbia peplis L. - A Halophytic Plant from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
AU - Ivanova, Albena
AU - Khozin-Goldberg, Inna
AU - Kamenarska, Zornitsa
AU - Nechev, Jordan
AU - Cohen, Zvi
AU - Popov, Simeon
AU - Stefanov, Kamen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the National Council for Scientific research in Bulgaria (project X-1006) and for the support of Access to Research Infrastructure (ARI) of the EU.
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - The chemical composition of the lipophylic fraction from the halophytic plant Euphorbia peplis L. was investigated. Compared to other terrestrial higher plants an increase of triacylglycerols and especially of glycolipids was observed. The main phospholipid was phosphatidyl choline, followed by almost equal concentrations of phosphatidyl ethanolamine and phosphatidyl glycerol. A relatively high concentration of phosphatidic acids (6.5% of the total phospholipids) was found. The main sterol appeared to be sitosterol and significant amounts of tetracyclic triterpene alcohols were found. The composition of the volatile compounds is relatively simple and only one chlorinated compound, identified as 2,2-diethoxy-1-chloroethane, was found. There was a strong toxicity of the total lipophylic extract towards Artemia salina.
AB - The chemical composition of the lipophylic fraction from the halophytic plant Euphorbia peplis L. was investigated. Compared to other terrestrial higher plants an increase of triacylglycerols and especially of glycolipids was observed. The main phospholipid was phosphatidyl choline, followed by almost equal concentrations of phosphatidyl ethanolamine and phosphatidyl glycerol. A relatively high concentration of phosphatidic acids (6.5% of the total phospholipids) was found. The main sterol appeared to be sitosterol and significant amounts of tetracyclic triterpene alcohols were found. The composition of the volatile compounds is relatively simple and only one chlorinated compound, identified as 2,2-diethoxy-1-chloroethane, was found. There was a strong toxicity of the total lipophylic extract towards Artemia salina.
KW - Euphorbia peplis
KW - Lipids
KW - Secondary Metabolites
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U2 - 10.1515/znc-2003-11-1205
DO - 10.1515/znc-2003-11-1205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0348227705
SN - 0939-5075
VL - 58
SP - 783
EP - 788
JO - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
JF - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
IS - 11-12
ER -