title: [Comparative studies on the fatty acids contained in four species of medicinal plants from family Euphorbiaceae and their endophytic fungi].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The relation of four species of medicinal plants from family Euphorbiaceae and their endophytic fungi was studied to find the source of active substances for developing new pharmaceutical resources.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main fatty acids contained in Sapium sebiferum, Euphorbia pekinensis, Euphorbia helioscopia, Bischofia polycarpam and their 28 strains of endophytic fungi were compared and analysed by GC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main fatty acids of the plants are: alpha-linolenic acid, palmitic acid, linolenic acid and oleic acid. Linolenic acid, palmitic acid and oleic acid are the main fatty acids of the endophytic fungi.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fatty acids could be produced by the endophytic fungi, which could be used as a factor for identification. There are great differences at the contents of alpha-linolenic acid between the plants and their endophytic fungi, which were suggested to be related with the nutrition absorption and the relationship between the endophytes and the host plant.
authors.affiliation: China Pharmaceutical Univ, Bio Sci Coll, Nanjing Normal Univ, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D028481:Euphorbia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D019665:Euphorbiaceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D031287:Sapium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid