title: Phenolic profiling of Veronica spp. grown in mountain, urban and sandy soil environments.
abstract: Veronica (Plantaginaceae) genus is widely distributed in different habitats. The phenolic compounds of Veronica montana, Veronica polita and Veronica spuria were tentatively identified by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS. The phenolic profiles showed that flavones were the major compounds (V. montana: 7 phenolic acids, 5 flavones, 4 phenylethanoids and 1 isoflavone; V. polita: 10 flavones, 5 phenolic acids, 2 phenylethanoids, 1 flavonol and 1 isoflavone; V. spuria: 10 phenolic acids, 5 flavones, 2 flavonols, 2 phenylethanoids and 1 isoflavone). V. spuria possessed the highest contents in all groups of phenolic compounds, except flavones, which did not show differences among the assayed species. Overall, these species might be considered good sources of phenolic compounds for industrial or pharmacological applications.
authors.affiliation: CIMO/Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal; GIP-USAL, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; REQUIMTE/Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: João C M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barreira
authors.affiliation: CIMO/Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal; REQUIMTE/Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Inês
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medicinal Plant Research "Dr. Josif Pančić", Tadeuša Košćuška 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zivković
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stojković
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soković
authors.affiliation: GIP-USAL, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address: csb@usal.es.
authors.forename: Celestino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santos-Buelga
authors.affiliation: CIMO/Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal. Electronic address: iferreira@ipb.pt.
authors.forename: Isabel C F R
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002947:Cities; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D032264:Veronica / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012987:Soil
keywords: HPLC-DAD–ESI/MS; Phenolic profiles; Principal component analysis; Veronica