Phylogenetic and spatial patterns of herbal medicine compounds:Which medicinal plants are phytochemically characterized?  

作　　者：Dacheng Hao Yaoxuan Wang Peigen Xiao Xiaojie Gu 

机构地区：[1]Liaoning Provincial Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology,School of Environment and Chemical Engineering,Dalian Jiaotong University,Dalian 116028,China [2]Institute of Medicinal Plant Development,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100193,China

出　　处：《Chinese Herbal Medicines》2024年第4期589-598,共10页中草药（英文版）

基　　金：supported by Graduate Training Program Project of Dalian Jiaotong University (No. 2022-25)。

摘　　要：Objective: The study of phytometabolites of medicinal plants and their phylogenetic distribution is an important content of pharmacophylogeny. The objectives of this study were to provide an updated estimate of the extent to which the medicinal plants were investigated phytochemically and relate this to the species-level phylogeny and their geographical pattern.Methods: Here, we further characterized 1 648 phytometabolites, including terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, phenolics, alkaloids, etc., reported in journals Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs(Zhong Cao Yao) and Chinese Herbal Medicines(CHM) from the phylogenetic and spatial perspectives. According to the structural characteristics, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids and phenylpropanoids were subdivided into subclasses, and the research effort of phytometabolites was for the first time delineated at both subclass and phylogenetic levels.Results: The phytometabolites of 90 families were reported on two journals in three years. It is noted that terpenoids with diverse bioactivities still constitute the primary object of phytochemical research, followed by flavonoids, phenolics, phenylpropanoids and alkaloids. Among the reported species, the family Asteraceae had the most, followed by Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, and Ranunculaceae. In the phylogenetic distribution of the reported phytometabolites, the net relatedness index(NRI) results revealed a clustered structure for triterpene, iridoid, flavone, flavonol, coumarin, indole alkaloid and terpenoid alkaloid, while the nearest taxon index(NTI) metric identified the clustered structure for triterpene, sesquiterpene,indole alkaloid and terpenoid alkaloid. Especially in Ranunculaceae, there were more reports on triterpene and terpenoid alkaloid subclasses. The overdispersion pattern of diterpene and phenolic was suggested by NRI and NTI respectively, albeit more reported diterpenes and phenolics were in Lamiaceae.The geographical distribution hotspots of reported species and compounds thereof highlighte

关 键 词：geographical distribution medicinal plants pharmacophylogeny phylogenetic signal phytometabolite 

分 类 号：R284[医药卫生—中药学]