Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Taxonomy

To further my research I found the taxonomy of each plant in which my secondary metabolites are most abundant.  Information was taken from the Ethnobotanical Database of Bangladesh and Doctor Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. First I discovered the plant most abundant in the chemical on Dr. Dukes page, then I found the taxonomy on EthnobotanyBD.
http://www.ethnobotanybd.com/index.php?action=Taxonomy&key=sci#
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/

GINGER: (Secondary metabolite: Gingerol) 


KingdomPlantae - Plants
   SubkingdomTracheobionta - Vascular plants
      SuperdivisionSpermatophyta - Seed plants
         DivisionMagnoliophyta - Flowering plants
            ClassLiliopsida - Monocotyledons
               SubclassZingiberidae
                  OrderZingiberales
                     FamilyZingiberaceae - Ginger family
                        GenusZingiber Mill. - ginger
                        SpeciesZingiber officinale Roscoe - garden ginger




CHILLIS: (Secondary Metabolite: Capsaicin) 



KingdomPlantae - Plants
   SubkingdomTracheobionta - Vascular plants
      SuperdivisionSpermatophyta - Seed plants
         DivisionMagnoliophyta - Flowering plants
            ClassMagnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
               SubclassAsteridae
                  OrderSolanales
                     FamilySolanaceae - Potato family
                        GenusCapsicum L. - pepper
                           SpeciesCapsicum frutescence L.


Tumeric (Secondary Metabolite: Curcumin) 



KingdomPlantae - Plants
   SubkingdomTracheobionta - Vascular plants
      SuperdivisionSpermatophyta - Seed plants
         DivisionMagnoliophyta - Flowering plants
            ClassLiliopsida - Monocotyledons
               SubclassZingiberidae
                  OrderZingiberales
                     FamilyZingiberaceae - Ginger family
                        GenusCurcuma L. - curcuma
                           SpeciesCurcuma longa L. - common turmeric


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