Metabolomics studies of the subfamily Barnadesioideae (Asteraceae)

Author(s)

Gari Vidal Ccana Ccapatinta

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Ribeirão Preto.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC)
• Defense date: 2018-06-12

Examining board members

Fernando Batista da Costa; Jairo Kenupp Bastos; Maria Fatima das Graças Fernandes da Silva; Paulo Cezar Vieira

• Advisor: Fernando Batista da Costa

Abstract

Metabolomics is emerging as an effective approach for the comprehensive evaluation of medicinal plants, classification of raw material, as well as chemotaxonomic studies. This work demonstrates the applicability of metabolomics, using the subfamily Barnadesioideae (Asteraceae) as a study model, for quality assessment and classification purposes of medicinal species (Chuquiraga genus) and a chemotaxonomy study of six Barnadesioideae genera (Arnaldoa, Barnadesia, Chuquiraga, Dasyphyllum, Fulcaldea and Schlechtendalia). First, the LC-MS metabolic profiles of Barnadesioideae demonstrated that this subfamily constitutes a chemically underinvestigated taxa with a complex diversity of phenolic compounds, phenylpropanoid derivatives, alkyl glycosides, and triterpenoid glycosides. The intergeneric relationships within Barnadesioideae genera, based on the comparison of their LC-MS metabolic profiles by exploratory and supervised analyses, displayed similarities to those of the intergeneric relationships obtained by the most recent phylogenetic study based on morphological and molecular markers. Second, the LC-MS metabolic profiles of three Chuquiraga species (C. jussieui, C. spinosa and C. weberbaueri) lead to the identification of a significant variety of phenolic compounds, phenylpropanoid derivatives, alkyl glycosides, and triterpenoid glycosides, as well as the establishment of prediction models for geographical origin and species classification, as well as the identification of discriminating metabolites by exploratory and supervised multivariate statistical analysis. Third, a classical approach was carried out by acquiring HPLC chromatographic profiles of three Chuquiraga species (C. jussieui, C. spinosa and C. weberbaueri) for profiling phenolic compounds and comparison by exploratory and supervised multivariate statistical analysis. Therefore, our results support metabolomics as a valuable tool in the quality control and classification of medicinal plants as well as in chemotaxonomy studies. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/16850-6 - Metabolomic and chemometric approach for the study of chemotaxonomy, authentication and quality control of the species of the subfamily Barnadesioideae (Asteraceae)
• Grantee: Gari Vidal Ccana Ccapatinta
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate