Chemotaxonomy of Gonospermum and related genera.
Aerial parts of Gonospermum fruticosum collected at several locations in the Canary Islands afforded, in addition to known compounds, four sesquiterpene alcohols related to costol and a sesquiterpene lactone, whose structures were established on the basis of their spectroscopic data and chemical transformations. Except for Gonospermum species collected on the island of Tenerife, those collected on the island of El Hierro and, in a previous study those from La Gomera, contain sesquiterpene lactones that can be used as chemotaxonomic markers confirming the inclusion of Gonospermum, Lugoa, and species of Tanacetum endemic to the Canary Islands in a genus that does not support the monophyly of Gonosperminae.
Triana
Jorge
J
Departamento de Química, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Eiroa
José Luis
JL
Ortega
Juan José
JJ
León
Francisco
F
Brouard
Ignacio
I
Hernández
Juan Carlos
JC
Estévez
Francisco
F
Bermejo
Jaime
J
D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010802:Phylogeny; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013030:Spain
D007783:Lactones; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes