Construction of an identification system in considering molecular phylogeny and phytochemistry

• Project/Area Number: 19570096
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Biodiversity/Systematics
• Research Institution: Setsunan University
• Principal Investigator: MURATA Hiroko Setsunan University, 薬学部, 助手 (20167620)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): INATOMI Yuka 摂南大学, 薬学部, 助手 (00258089) ; MURATA Jin 東京大学, 理学系研究科, 教授 (90134452) ; TANAKA Noriyuki 岐阜薬科大学, 薬学部, 教授 (60137065)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: Piperaceae / Peperomia / コショウ科 / サダソウ属 / 化学成分 / 分子系統 / 分子同定 / 系統解析 / Peperomia obtusifolia

Research Abstract

For the bases of development of plant resources in the genus Peperomia (Piperaceae), an easy-to-use identification system was tried to construct. Morphological database was prepared but still not completed due to unsatisfied condition of the material cultivated. Several chemicals including secolignan that are potential tool for the identification of taxa were recognized. And a molecular phylogenetic tree with 69 OTUs including 29 known sequences was constructed. Integration of the obtained information is on the way.