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. 2024 Jan 1;25(1):565. doi: 10.3390/ijms25010565

Table 1.

Methyl salicylate and salicylic glycosides in G. procumbens.

Plant Part Compound Identification Method Extract/Content References
leaves gaultherin (GT) UV, TLC [74]
methyl salicylate (SM) GC-MS content in %:
PE; SM: 2.31
CHE; SM: 6.88
[75]
gaultherin (GT) LC-MS content in mg/g fw of the leaves:
GT: 26.00
TSAL: 10.70
[76]
gaultherin (GT) UHPLC-PDA-ESI-MS3
HPLC-PDA
ME; GT mg/g dw of the leaves: 76.86 (April); 64.59 (May); 65.89 (June); 77.20 (July); 88.31 (August); 104.09 (September); 107.49 (October) [67]
isolation; UV, IR [65,77]
gaultherin (GT)
physanguloside (PH)
isolation; 1H NMR; 13C NMR; 2D NMR;
LC-MS/MS
water extract [63]
gaultherin (GT)
gaultherin isomer
2-O-β-D-glucopyranosylgaultherin (TG)
UHPLC-PDA-ESI-MS3
HPLC-PDA
ME; GT: 98.41 mg/g dw of the extract [62]
content in mg/g dw of the extract:
ME; TSAL: 98.89; GT: 98.41; TG: 0.49
EAE; TSAL: 288.13; GT: 288.13; TG: -
BE; TSAL: 128.61; GT: 127.81; TG: 0.79
[60]
stems gaultherin (GT) UHPLC-PDA-ESI-MS3
HPLC-PDA
content in mg/g dw of the extract:
ME; TSAL: 96.84; GT: 93.76
EAE; TSAL: 160.86; GT: 148.08
BE; TSAL: 152.71; GT: 138.61
AE; TSAL: 199.94; GT: 185.98
WE; TSAL: 19.88; GT: 10.52
[59]
ME; GT: 93.76 mg/g dw of the extract [62]
fruits gaultherin (GT)
physanguloside (PH)
2-O-β-D-glucopyranosylgaultherin (TG)
isolation; HR-ESI-MS,
1H NMR; 13C NMR;
2D NMR;
identification of aglycone (GC-MS) and sugars (acid hydrolysis, HPLC-PDA)
content in mg/g dw of the extract:
ME; TSAL: 83.66; GT: 48.89; PH: 12.45; TG: 22.31
EAE; TSAL: 109.28; GT: 98.25; PH: 8.58; TG: 2.45
BE; TSAL: 63.77; GT: 29.35; PH: 6.61; TG: 27.81
AE; TSAL: 121.67; GT: 93.63; PH: 16.09; TG: 11.95
WE; TSAL: 31.09; GT: 2.73; PH: 7.77; TG: 20.59
[61]
aerial parts gaultherin (GT)
GT isomer
physanguloside (PH)
2-O-β-D-glucopyranosylgaultherin (TG)
UHPLC-PDA-ESI-MS3
HPLC-PDA
content in mg/g dw of the extract:
ME; GT: 96.51
MED; GT: 75.68; DEF; GT: 21.37; EAF; GT: 30.25;
BF; GT: 127.69; WF; GT: 27.81
[62]
gaultherin (GT) [78,79]
methyl salicylate (SM)
gaultherin (GT)
[80]

GT: methyl salicylate 2-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (gaultherin); PH: methyl salicylate 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranoside (physanguloside A); TG: methyl salicylate 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→6)]-O-β-D-glucopyranoside; PE: petroleum ether dry extract; CHE: chloroform dry extract; MEC/ME: methanol–water dry extract (75:25, v/v) obtained by direct extraction of the raw material with a solvent; MED: defatted methanol–water extract (75:25, v/v) obtained by preliminary extraction of the raw material with chloroform in a Soxhlet apparatus, followed by extraction with a methanol–water solution (75:25, v/v); DEF: diethyl ether fraction (fractionated extraction); EAF: ethyl acetate fraction (fractionated extraction); BF: n-butanol fraction (fractionated extraction); WR/WF: water residue/fraction (fractionated extraction); ME: methanol–water dry extract (75:25, v/v); EAE: ethyl acetate dry extract (direct extraction); BE: n-butanol dry extract (direct extraction); AE: acetone dry extract (direct extraction); WE: water dry extract (direct extraction); TSAL: total salicylate content determined by HPLC-PDA-fingerprint (mg/g dw of the extract); dw: dry weight; fw: fresh weight.