Integrative Analysis of Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Data Reveals the Mechanism of Color Formation in Corms of Pinellia ternata.

ABSTRACT: Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. (P. ternata) is a very important plant that is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Its corms can be used as medicine and function to alleviate cough, headache, and phlegm. The epidermis of P. ternata corms is often light yellow to yellow in color; however, within the range of P. ternata found in JingZhou City in Hubei Province, China, there is a form of P. ternata in which the epidermis of the corm is red. We found that the total flavonoid content of red P. ternata corms is significantly higher than that of yellow P. ternata corms. The objective of this study was to understand the molecular mechanisms behind the difference in epidermal color between the two forms of P. ternata. The results s

SUBMITTER: Xu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10178707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature