Evaluation of medical metabolites in Boraginaceae family

Boraginaceae family is known as a medicinal plant classified in dicotyledons. It isoriginated from Asia (Middle East). The aim of this study was to evaluate ingredient between4 species of Boraginaceae family based on physiological & phytochemical traits as well asseed fatty acid contents. 4 species (E. russicum, E. italicum, E. amoenum, B. officinalis) wereevaluated carefully. All seeds cultivated in an identical conditions in a greenhouse in Tehranto assessing parameters such as tannins, phenols, anthocyanin, total protein, seed oil contents,Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Catalase (CAT) activity. Analysis of oil from seeds ofEchium L. determined 7 different fatty acids include Linolenic acid (35.1%), Linoleic acid(16.8%), Oleic acid (16.6%) and Arachidonic acid (15.5%) as major fatty acids, while stearicacid (4.42%), Palmitic acid (6.22%), Gama-Linolenic acid (6.04%) were the minor fatty acidsextracted from seeds. Low protein content observes in E. russicum (70 mg/g) and maximumlevel of protein was in B. officinalis (91mg/g). E. amoenum had maximum phenols (38mg/g)whereas E. russicum had minimum (26 mg/g). For total phenol, B. officinalis had maxiumphenols (8.1mg/g) whereas E. italicum had minimum (3.9mg/g). Anthocyanins: E. russicumhad maximum anthocyanins (65 mg/g) whereas B. officinalis had minimum (41 mg/g). Inconclusion it can be said that different species have different amounts of secondarymetabolites so that no regular relation would be detected among plant species that we studied

کلیدواژه ها:

Boraginaceae ، Echium L. ، Borago L. ، Fatty Acids ، Metabolites