FATTY ACIDS ANALYSIS AND CHEMOTAXONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF MALVOIDEAE (MALVACEAE) SPECIES

Previous researches showed that fatty acids analysis might be a useful tool to support the taxonomic investigation. In this approach the fatty acids content of ten Malvoideae species was analyzed and its chemotaxonomic significance has been investigated. The aerial parts of the species were collected in the Northeast of Brazil and their fatty acid methyl esters were analyzed by gas chromatography with flame ionization detector. The chemometric analysis consisted of principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) with the euclidean distance between the samples given by the Ward.D2 algorithm. This is the first report of fatty acids from Wissadula peripocifolia, Herissantia crispa, Bakeridesia pickelii, Sidastrum micranthum, Pavonia cancellata and Pavonia malacophylla. The results showed the predominance of palmitic (C16:0), oleic (C18:1) and linoleic (C18:2) acids in the studied species. By the PCA and HCA analysis, the fatty acid composition was able to distinguish the species Herissantia crispa and Pavonia malacophylla. Our findings showed a chemotaxonomic proximity among species from different genera reflecting the taxonomic and phylogenetic closeness previously demonstrated by molecular investigations on Malvoidae species. Furthermore, our results demonstrated that the fatty acid analysis may be an interesting tool to support the taxonomic investigations on Malvoideae species.

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Main Authors:	Fernandes,Diégina A., Chaves,Otemberg S., Teles,Yanna C. F., Agra,Maria de F., Vieira,Maria A. R., Silva,Paulo S. S. da, Marques,Marcia O. M., Souza,Maria de Fátima Vanderlei de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2021
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422021000200137
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