The concentration of bioactive compounds in Plantago lanceolata is genotype specific

Authors

  • Lisa A Box AgResearch/Agricom
  • H Glenn Judson Agricom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2018.80.334

Abstract

Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) is known to contain bioactive compounds including verbascoside (acteoside), aucubin and catalpol. Limited New Zealand data are available to quantify the concentrations of secondary plant compounds in cultivars of plantain. This experiment compared secondary plant compound concentrations for five cultivars or breeding lines of plantain and the botanical distribution of these compounds over a year. For all cultivars verbascoside concentration was greatest, aucubin intermediate and catalpol lowest. The concentration of catalpol and verbascoside in leaf tended to be greater for the cultivars ‘Hercules’ and ‘Endurance’ compared with ‘Elite 2’, ‘PG742’ and ‘Tonic’. However, ‘Hercules’ and ‘Endurance’ tended to have lower concentrations of catalpol and verbascoside in scape (reproductive material from base to seedhead). The difference among cultivars in aucubin concentration was small. This experiment suggests that leaf concentration of catalpol and verbascoside is genotype specific.

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Published

2018-11-15

How to Cite

Box, L. A., & Judson, H. G. (2018). The concentration of bioactive compounds in Plantago lanceolata is genotype specific. Journal of New Zealand Grasslands, 80, 113–118. https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2018.80.334

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Vol 80 (2018)