@Article{phyton.2021.014625,
AUTHOR = {Jiao Deng, Fen Dong, Chaoxin Wu, Jiali Zhao, Hongyou Li, Juan Huang, Taoxiong Shi, Ziye Meng, Fang Cai, Qingfu Chen, Pingfang Yang},
TITLE = {Comparative Metabolomics Analysis between Red- and White-Flowered Common Buckwheat Cultivars},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {90},
YEAR = {2021},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {859--870},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v90n3/41931},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Common buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>), a specialty crop in southwest China, is not only used as a supplement to primary grain crops but also to produce beverages, such as tea and wine. To fully exploit the products
made from common buckwheat flower, ultra-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–
tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–ESI–MS/MS) was conducted to analyze the metabolites in red- (‘Guihong
2’) and white-flowered (‘Fengtian 1’) buckwheat cultivars. A total of 784 metabolites were identified of which
flavonoids were the largest group with 191 components, followed by organic acids and derivatives (126), and
amino acids and derivatives (95). Besides, dozens of phenylpropanoids, nucleotides and derivates, lipids, alkaloids as well as several kinds of indole derivatives and sterides were detected. Among these rich varieties of
metabolites, 24 metabolites were only detected in the red flower that mainly included 8 anthocyanins and 6
flavones, while 22 metabolites were only detected in the white flower, which mainly contained 5 lipids, 5
flavonoids, and 5 organic acids and derivatives. Our results enrich the metabolites’ information of buckwheat
and may be helpful for the exploitation of products from common buckwheat flowers.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2021.014625}
}