Alkaloid content in various chemoecotypes of Glaucium flavum from Israel

Batya Peled*, Yoav Waisel, Shmuel Carmeli

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Abstract

The inter- and intravariability of various populations of Glaucium flavum in Israel were investigated. The populations examined exhibit large variations in salt resistance as well as in alkaloid composition and content, and thus seem to constitute separate chemoecotypes. Effects of salinity on alkaloid content were equivocal: in some populations salinity reduced the alkaloid content, whereas in others it had no effect. One population of G. flavum contained no detectable amounts of glaucine, another had an average glaucine content of over 3.6%. The high alkaloid content makes such plants economically attractive for selection of high-yielding genotypes for glaucine and/or for isocorydine production.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1021-1024
Number of pages4
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988

Keywords

  • Glaucium flavum
  • Papaveraceae
  • alkaloids
  • chemoecotypes.
  • glaucine
  • halophytes
  • isocorydine
  • sea poppy

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