Phytochemical profiles of edible flowers of medicinal plants of Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium devonianum.

ABSTRACT: The discovery of new edible flowers that are nontoxic, innocuous flowers having human health benefits, surveys of their phytochemicals and utilization are of great scientific and commercial interest. Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium devonianum are precious Traditional Chinese Medicine. During the massive commercial cultivation, a lot of flowers were produced and certified as edible flowers, and the phytochemical profiles and bioactivities warrant evaluate. The present study aimed to investigate the phytochemicals and antioxidative activities in flowers of D. officinale (DOF) and D. devonianum (DDF). In total, 474 metabolites were identified using a widely targeted metabonomics method, 16 amino acids and 6 flavonoids were measured using high-performance liqui

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8645735 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature