Abstract
Angelica decursiva (Miquel) Franchet & Savatier (Apiaceae) has been used as a significant medicinal plant in East Asia. We determined its complete chloroplast genome for the first time in this study. The complete chloroplast was circularized and had a typical quadripartite structure genome of 146 719 bp long including the large single copy region (LSC) of 93 256 bp, the small single copy region (SSC) of 17 497 bp and duplicated inverted regions (IRs) of 17 983 bp each. The total GC content was 37.56% and for the four structures it was 35.98% (LSC), 31.06% (SSC), and 44.83% (for each IR). There were a total of 113 genes, comprising four rRNAs, 29 tRNAs and 80 protein coding genes. In the phylogenetic analysis, A. decursiva was grouped with Seseli montanum. This study may contribute to authenticating the plant’s correct use as medicine for health and provide an important genetic resource for phylogeny with related species.
Highlights
Peucedani Radix has been used in significant traditional herbal medicines in East Asia that treat colds, coughs and fevers from wind-heat (Kong et al 1996; Menglan et al 2005)
Peucedani Radix is derived from the dried roots of Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn or Angelica decursiva (Miquel) Franchet and Savatier, in Korea (KFDA, 2012), Japan (The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 2011) and Taiwan (Ministry of Health and Welfare 2005), while only P. praeruptorum is approved in China (Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People’s Republic of China 2010)
To prevent confusion owing to the differences in herbal medicinal regulations within various countries, we examined the chloroplast genome importantly used to understand the identification, phylogeny, genetic population and evolution for plant studies using next-generation sequencing (NGS)
Summary
Peucedani Radix has been used in significant traditional herbal medicines in East Asia that treat colds, coughs and fevers from wind-heat (Kong et al 1996; Menglan et al 2005). KEYWORDS Angelica decursiva; Apiaceae; chloroplast genome; next-generation sequencing; Peucedani Radix Peucedani Radix is derived from the dried roots of Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn or Angelica decursiva (Miquel) Franchet and Savatier, in Korea (KFDA, 2012), Japan (The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 2011) and Taiwan (Ministry of Health and Welfare 2005), while only P. praeruptorum is approved in China (Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People’s Republic of China 2010).
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