Naslov
Plant secondary metabolites: case of Centaurea genus

Autori
Carev, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, pp prezentacija, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts / Borkowski, Leszek ; Bogucka Kocka, Anna ; Kocki, Janusz ; Sowa, Ireneusz - Lublin : Polska Akademia Nauk Oddzial w Lublinie, 2019, 18-18

ISBN
978-83-7847-615-3

Skup
6th International Conference and Workshop ‘Plant – the source of research material’

Mjesto i datum
Lublin, Poljska, 10.09.2019. - 12.09.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Centaurea, secondary metabolites
(Centaurea, secondary metebolites)

Sažetak
Asteracea family is the largest angiosperm family comprising around 8% of the flowering plants and presents around 400-700 species. Croatia is very rich in biodiversity and Centaurea genus is represented with more than 80 species, out of 27 are endemics. Centaurea species are well known in ethnobotany in eastern Mediterranean and have been used in ethno- pharmacology due to variety of bioactive secondary metabolites they comprise. The research overview of several Centaurea species from Croatia showed that dominant volatile secondary metabolites have been oxidized and non-oxidized sesquiterpenes, non-terpene acids and hydrocarbons, while among non-volatile secondary metabolites sesquiterpene lactones are characteristic components. Terpene compounds and their derivatives are in general the largest group of natural products and many of these secondary metabolites and their mixtures can have pharmaceutical functions. Some of the Centaurea species extracts research showed significant antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. The phytochemistry of this genus still presents a broad area of potential research. The phytochemical study concerning the volatile and non-volatile secondary metabolites is step forward further research of pharmacology and toxicology chemicals isolated from Centaurea species. The overview of research presented in this lecture is partially resulting of the natural products research in project IP-2014-09-6897, funded by Croatian Science Foundation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija

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