Abstract

Citrus medica L. var. Sarcodactylis Swingle and C. medica L. were the subject of a chemotaxonomic inquiry using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint and multivariate data analysis, including hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), principal component analysis (PCA), and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). The results are in good agreement with current knowledge of the systematics of C. medica var. Sarcodactylis and C. medica. The analysis of Citri Sarcodactylis Fructus (CSF) and Citri Fructus (CF) showed that their chemical composition was highly similar except for the content; hesperidin (HP) and 5, 7-dimethoxycoumarin (DMC) were distinguishing markers for C. medica var. Sarcodactylis and C. medica; CSF had a significantly higher concentration of DMC than CF; additionally, the content ratio of HP to DMC in CSF was less than one (0.2401–0.7953), but in CF, it was more than one (2.5775–25.7800). The present work revealed the chemotaxonomic significance of HP and DMC for C. medica var. Sarcodactylis and C. medica and validated the traditional plant taxonomy regarding the two species at the chemical level.

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