Climatic factors control the geospatial distribution of active ingredients in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge in China.

ABSTRACT: Climate change profoundly influences the geospatial distribution of secondary metabolites and causes the geographical migration of plants. We planted seedlings of the same species in eighteen ecological regions along a latitudinal gradient in eastern and western China, in order to explore the regulation of multi-climatic factors on active ingredient accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. The correlations between six active ingredient contents and ten climatic factors were investigated to clarify their relationships. We found that climatic factors not only regulated active ingredient contents but also markedly influenced their composition and led to a specific geospatial distribution of these active ingredients in China. The main climatic factors include the air temperature, precipitati

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351527 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature