Abstract
(roots and flowers) has been over harvested through legal and illegal ways in Greece, due to its extremely high commercial demand, as it is used in industry because of its well-known therapeutic properties. As ex situ cultures of the plant have been already developed, in the current comparative study, the herbal teas (infusions) from both flowers of cowslip growing wild in the Prespa Lake Park (NW Greece), and from ex situ propagated and cultivated plant material, have been investigated, with the ultimate goal of assessing them qualitatively. Furthermore, through classic phytochemical studies, the ten most abundant metabolites, belonging to the chemical categories of flavonol-glycosides and methoxy flavones, have been identified and structurally determined. The chemical profile of both infusions has been further analyzed through UHPLC-HRMS, showing that they show only light differences. The total phenolic content (TPC) of both studied samples (wild and ex situ cultivation), was determined by the Folin-Ciocalteau method, followed by an antioxidant activity assay though DPPH where, in both cases, wild plants exerted higher phenolic load and stronger antioxidative properties. According to the reported results, it could be proposed that the ex situ cultivated plant material could facilitate the mass production of plants and the sustainable cultivation of cowslip in the Greek mountains.
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Claim · model-written summary
The ten most abundant metabolites of Primula veris subsp. veris flower infusions, belonging to flavonol-glycosides and methoxy flavones, were identified and structurally determined.
- Taxon
- Primula veris subsp. veris
Primula veris subsp. verist0 - Outcome
- the ten most abundant metabolitese0
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t0“Primula veris subsp. veris”
e0“the ten most abundant metabolites, belonging to the chemical categories of flavonol-glycosides and methoxy flavones, have been identified and structurally determined”
Claim · model-written summary
The UHPLC-HRMS chemical profiles of the infusions from wild and ex situ cultivated cowslip flowers showed only light differences.
- Taxon
- Primula veris subsp. verisPrimula veris subsp. verist0
- Outcome
- chemical profile of both infusionse0
- Qualifier
- only light differencese0
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Verbatim
t0“Primula veris subsp. veris”
e0“The chemical profile of both infusions has been further analyzed through UHPLC-HRMS, showing that they show only light differences”
Claim · model-written summary
Wild cowslip plants had higher total phenolic content and stronger antioxidant activity (DPPH) than ex situ cultivated plants.
- Taxon
- Primula veris subsp. verisPrimula veris subsp. verist0
- Outcome
- higher phenolic load and stronger antioxidative propertiese0
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Verbatim
t0“Primula veris subsp. veris”
e0“wild plants exerted higher phenolic load and stronger antioxidative properties”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose that ex situ cultivated plant material could facilitate mass production and sustainable cultivation of cowslip in the Greek mountains.
- Taxon
- cowslip
Primula verise0 - Outcome
- mass production of plants and the sustainable cultivatione0
- Setting
- Greek mountainse0
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Verbatim
e0“it could be proposed that the ex situ cultivated plant material could facilitate the mass production of plants and the sustainable cultivation of cowslip in the Greek mountains”