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dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Luke P
dc.contributor.authorHall, Casey R
dc.contributor.authorForster, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Anthony R
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T06:00:34Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T06:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0031-9422
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.04.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/375716
dc.description.abstractThe genus Flindersia (Rutaceae) comprises 17 species of mostly Australian endemic trees. Although most species are restricted to rainforests, four have evolved to grow in semi-arid and arid environments. In this study, the leaf alkaloid diversity of rainforest and semi-arid/arid zone adapted Australian Flindersia were compared by LC/MS-MS and NMR spectroscopy. Contrary to expectations, Flindersia alkaloid diversity was strongly correlated with environmental aridity, where species predominating in drier regions produced more alkaloids than their wet rainforest congenerics. Rainforest species were also more chemically similar to each other than were the four semi-arid/arid zone species. There was a significant relationship between the presence of alkaloid structural classes and phylogenetic distance, suggesting that alkaloid profiles are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. The results suggest that the radiation of Flindersia species out of the rainforest and into drier environments has promoted the evolution of unique alkaloid diversity. Plants growing in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia may represent an untapped source of undescribed specialised metabolites.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom71
dc.relation.ispartofpageto81
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhytochemistry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume152
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChemical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNatural products and bioactive compounds
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode340502
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleAlkaloid diversity in the leaves of Australian Flindersia (Rutaceae) species driven by adaptation to aridity
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyAn Unassigned Group, An Unassigned Department
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCarroll, Anthony R.


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