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Title:		"Agronomic, metabolomic and lipidomic characterisation of Sicilian Origanum vulgare (L.) ecotypes"
Author(s):		Tuttolomondo T; Martinelli F; Mariotti L; Leto C; Maggio A; La Bella S;
Address:		"a Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali , Universita degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle scienze Ed. 4 , Palermo , Italy. b Department of Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Food Security , I.E.M.E.S.T. Istituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia , Palermo , Italy. c Dipartimento di Biologia , Universita degli Studi di Pisa , Pisa , Italy. d Dipartimento STEBICEF , Universita degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle scienze , Palermo , Italy"
Journal Title:		Nat Prod Res
Year:		2016
Volume:		20151105
Issue:		9
Page Number:		1103 - 1107
DOI:		10.1080/14786419.2015.1104672
ISSN/ISBN:		1478-6427 (Electronic) 1478-6419 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Although Origanum vulgare (L.) has been deeply analysed at phytochemical level, poor knowledge is available regarding non-volatile compounds such as lipids. The aim of this work was to characterise five wild Sicilian Origanum ecotypes from an agronomic, metabolomic and lipidomic perspective. Serradifalco presented higher dry weight and inflorescences/plant than the others while Favara had a significantly higher number of branches per plant and more extensive flowered stratum. Metabolomic analysis, performed with LC-MS-TOF, allowed a preliminary characterisation of the non-volatile metabolome of the five oregano ecotypes Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum. Twenty-five metabolites were identified belonging to organic acids, amino acids, lysophosphatidylcholines, carnithines, nucleic bases and lysophosphatidylethanolamines. Lipidomic analysis identified 115 polar plant membrane glycerolipid species. Thirteen of them were differentially present in the two chosen ecotypes. The role of these metabolites in plant physiology from a qualitative and pharmacological point of view was discussed"
Keywords:		"Agriculture Chromatography, Liquid Ecotype Flowers Lipids/chemistry Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Origanum/*chemistry/metabolism Principal Component Analysis Sicily Ecotypes Origanum vulgare lipidomics;"
Notes:		"MedlineTuttolomondo, Teresa Martinelli, Federico Mariotti, Lorenzo Leto, Claudio Maggio, Antonella La Bella, Salvatore eng England 2015/11/06 Nat Prod Res. 2016; 30(9):1103-7. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2015.1104672. Epub 2015 Nov 5"