| Title: | Allelochemicals from the Rhizosphere Soil of Cultivated Astragalus hoantchy |
| Author(s): | Guo K; He X; Yan Z; Li X; Ren X; Pan L; Qin B; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources of CAS and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5118 (Electronic) 0021-8561 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Astragalus hoantchy, a widely cultivated medicinal plant species in traditional Chinese and Mongolian medicine, has been often hampered by replant failure during cultivation, like many other herbs of the genus Astragalus. Root aqueous extracts of Astragalus herbs were reported to exhibit allelopathic activity against other plants and autotoxic activity on their own seedlings, but the allelochemicals released by Astragalus plants have not been specified so far. Ten compounds were isolated from the rhizosphere soil extract of cultivated A. hoantchy and elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1-6 observably showed allelopathic activity against Lactuca sativa seedlings and autotoxic activity against A. hoantchy seedlings. The isolated compounds were further confirmed and quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in the rhizosphere soil, with a total concentration of 9.78 mug/g (dry weight). These results specify and verify the allelochemicals released by cultivated A. hoantchy into the soil environment, which may provide new insights into the allelopathic mechanisms of this medicinal plant and probably assist in clarifying the replant problems of Astragalus plants" |
| Keywords: | "Astragalus Plant/*chemistry Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Pheromones/*chemistry *Rhizosphere Soil/*chemistry Astragalus hoantchy allelochemicals autotoxicity replant failure rhizosphere soil;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGuo, Kai He, Xiaofeng Yan, Zhiqiang Li, Xiuzhuang Ren, Xia Pan, Le Qin, Bo eng 2016/04/15 J Agric Food Chem. 2016 May 4; 64(17):3345-52. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b06093. Epub 2016 Apr 21" |
