| Title: | Carnivorous Plants from Nepenthaceae and Droseraceae as a Source of Secondary Metabolites |
| Author(s): | Wojciak M; Feldo M; Stolarczyk P; Plachno BJ; |
| Address: | "Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Chodzki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland. Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, Medical University of Lublin, 11 Staszica St., 20-081 Lublin, Poland. Department of Botany, Physiology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 29 Listopada 54 Ave., 31-425 Cracow, Poland. Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 9 Gronostajowa St., 30-387 Cracow, Poland" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules28052155 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Carnivorous plants are able to attract small animals or protozoa and retain them in their specialized traps. Later, the captured organisms are killed and digested. The nutrients contained in the prey bodies are absorbed by the plants to use for growth and reproduction. These plants produce many secondary metabolites involved in the carnivorous syndrome. The main purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the secondary metabolites in the family Nepenthaceae and Droseraceae, which were studied using modern identification techniques, i.e., high-performance liquid chromatography or ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. After literature screening, there is no doubt that tissues of species from the genera Nepenthes, Drosera, and Dionaea are rich sources of secondary metabolites that can be used in pharmacy and for medical purposes. The main types of the identified compounds include phenolic acids and their derivatives (gallic, protocatechuic, chlorogenic, ferulic, p-coumaric acids, gallic, hydroxybenzoic, vanillic, syringic caffeic acids, and vanillin), flavonoids (myricetin, quercetin, and kaempferol derivatives), including anthocyanins (delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, and cyanidin), naphthoquinones (e.g., plumbagin, droserone, and 5-O-methyl droserone), and volatile organic compounds. Due to the biological activity of most of these substances, the importance of the carnivorous plant as a pharmaceutical crop will increase" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Droseraceae/chemistry Anthocyanins Carnivorous Plant *Caryophyllales Glucosides carnivorous plants insectivorous plants naphthoquinones polyphenols secondary metabolites; |
| Notes: | "MedlineWojciak, Magdalena Feldo, Marcin Stolarczyk, Piotr Plachno, Bartosz J eng N18/DBS/000002/Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland/ Review Switzerland 2023/03/12 Molecules. 2023 Feb 24; 28(5):2155. doi: 10.3390/molecules28052155" |
