1. Botanical origin of Indian celery seed (fruit).
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Maruyama T, Abbaskhan A, Choudhary MI, Tsuda Y, Goda Y, Farille M, and Reduron JP
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- 5-Methoxypsoralen, Apiaceae classification, Apium chemistry, Coumarins chemistry, Coumarins isolation & purification, DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics, Furocoumarins chemistry, Furocoumarins isolation & purification, India, Methoxsalen analogs & derivatives, Methoxsalen chemistry, Methoxsalen isolation & purification, Molecular Structure, Pakistan, Plant Extracts chemistry, Plant Extracts isolation & purification, Seeds classification, Apiaceae chemistry, Apiaceae genetics, Seeds chemistry, Seeds genetics
- Abstract
In the course of our study on the traditional medicines and foodstuffs used in Pakistan, we investigated the origin of Indian celery by using the analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of nuclear rDNA and a phytochemical approach. We found that the source plant of the Indian celery containing coumarin derivatives such as seselin (1), bergapten (2) and isopimpinellin (3) was not common celery, Apium graveolens. Our results suggest the source plant is Seseli diffusum even though Indian workers reported that A. graveolens seeds contain the aforementioned compounds. In addition, a market survey of the Indian celery in Pakistan and related countries revealed that the Indian celery seeds in Pakistani markets are mainly composed of three species which have been confused in rural markets.
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- 2009
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