STUDY OF PHENOLIC CONSTITUENTS OF TRITICUM L. (POACEAE) SPECIES IN IRAN

Abstract

This recent study documents the phenolic constituents of the Triticum L. species in Iran using thinlayer chromatography. Species studied are related to 55 wild and cultivated accessions of four diploid andfour tetraploid species, namely Triticum boeoticum subsp. boeoticum Boiss., T. boeoticum subsp. thaoudarReut. ex Boiss., T. monococcum L., T. urartu Tum. ex Gand., T. turgidum L., T. dicoccoides (Korn. exAscher. et Graebn.) Thell., T. dicoccum (Schrank.) Schubl. and T. durum Desf. collected from natural habitatsand analyzed for their flavonoid compounds. The current study found that of a total of 20 flavonoidcompounds, most of the derivatives were flavones, chalcones, and the others were mainly pseudobaptisin,sciadopitysin, baptigenin and fustin-3-O-glucoside. The basis of variation in these compounds was shown tobe usable as an appropriate marker for chemotaxonomic studies.