Six species of Pelargonium and one species of Geranium were studied for their surface flavonoids. Some of them were found to exhibit an unexpectedly high number of methylated flavonoids, mostly flavonols. The chemotaxonomic significance of exudate flavonoid diversification is shortly addressed.
OgnyanovIV, IvantchevaSV, ZapesotchnayaGG. (1975)Flavonoids and maltol in Geranium macrorhizum leaves. Comptes rendus de l'académie bulgare des Sciences, 28, 1621-1624.
2.
IvanchevaS, WollenweberE. (1989) Leaf exudate flavonoids in Geranium macrorrhizum and G. lucidum. Indian Drugs, 27, 167-168.
3.
IvanchevaS, PetrovaA. (2000)A chemosystematic study of eleven Geranium species. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28, 255-260.
4.
FronteraMA, TomasMA, MuletM. (2001) Flavonoid aglycones from Geranium albicans. Anales de la Asociacion Quimica Argentina, 89, 49-52.
5.
WilliamsCA, HarborneJB, NewmanM, GreenhamJ, EaglesJ. (1997) Chrysin and other leaf exudate flavonoids in the genus Pelargonium. Phytochemistry, 46, 1349-1353.
6.
ZhangXF, HuBL, ZhouBN. (1995)Studies on the active constituents of Tibetan herb Biebersteinia heterostemon Maxim. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 30, 211-214.
7.
WilliamsCA, NewmanM, GibbyM. (2000)The application of leaf phenolic evidence for systematic studies within the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28, 119-132.
8.
WollenweberE, Valant-VetscheraK, RoitmanJN. (2007) Chemodiversity studies on flavonoids of Cleomaceae species (Brassicales). Natural Product Communications, 2, 997-1002.
