作 者 ：Yu Jin, Xiao Pei-Gen
期 刊 ：植物分类学报 1987年 3期
Keywords:Paeoniaceae, Peony, Paeoniflorin, Paeonol, Chemosystematics,
Abstract:
Abstract
From the root of Paeonia suffruticosa and P. lactiflora seven compounds have been
isolated. They are identified as paeoniflorin I, benzoylpaeoniflorin II, oxypaeoniflorin III,
paeonol IV, paeonoside V, paeonolide VI and apiopaeonoside VII. The contents of the seven
constituents in the root of 23 Paeonia taxa, including 19 species and 6 varieties, are determined
by means of the quantitative HPTLC scanning method. The results show that paeoniflorin
occurs ubiquitously in all the species examined and is the characteristic constituent of the family
Paeoniaceae; The paeonol compounds (IV, V. VI, VII) are found to be restricted to the woody
Sect. Moutan and notably absent in the herbaceous Sect. Paeon. This differentiation gives
a support to the division of sections in Paeoniaceae.
The chemical comparison between Paeoniaceae and 15 possibly related families shows that
Paeoniaceae is different from Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales of Magnoliales and is similar to
Dilleniaceae, Theaceae and Rosaceae in some respects. The chemical data support the sugges-
tion that Paeoniaceae be elevated to the order rank, Paeoniales.