PubMed · 14864046
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Short DNA barcodes may facilitate sequence recovery from degraded material, but their ability to retain target-family identity while excluding related taxa varies among genomic regions. We computationally evaluated 16 nuclear, plastid, and mitochondrial marker regions from 11 Asterales families using 279,956 NCBI locus-record matches and an accession-disjoint discovery/test design. Thirty-one candidate segments of 50-200 bp (mean, 98.55 bp) were screened in discovery data and evaluated for within-Asteraceae sequence recall, differentiation from non-Asteraceae Asterales, in silico primer behavior, phylogenetic placement, and exploratory matching across 808 metadata-defined metagenomic samples. Conserved regions such as matR and rbcL showed high within-Asteraceae identity, whereas ITS1, ITS, and trnH-psbA showed larger differences from related-family backgrounds; ITS2 and ycf1 showed intermediate profiles. Candidate segments were placed within or immediately adjacent to Asteraceae reference branches in segment-specific maximum-likelihood analyses, although support and topology varied among regions. Metadata-defined target-containing groups had higher mean query coverage and identity than background groups; because target presence was not independently verified and no classifier was fitted, these comparisons were descriptive and did not estimate diagnostic accuracy. Definitionally linked sequence statistics were interpreted as structural associations rather than evidence of causal evolutionary mechanisms. These results provide a family-level computational comparison of candidate short segments for Asteraceae detection within Asterales. Species identification, operational marker combinations, threshold robustness, and laboratory performance require validation using taxonomically dense, voucher-linked, and experimentally characterized datasets.
Chamaemelum nobile L. (Asteraceae), commonly known as Roman chamomile, is a perennial herb with branched rhizomes and multiple leafy stems. The length of the complete cp genome is 149,827 bp, and it comprises 128 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. By conducting phylogenetic analyses based on chloroplast genomes, we found that C. nobile was more closely related to Matricaria chamomilla var. recutita within the chamomile species. This finding contributes to a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationship between C. nobile and other species.
The present study focused on the effect of a series of extracts and two 5,6,7-trioxygenated coumarins isolated from Pterocaulon polystachyum on the proliferation and differentiation of human promonocytic U-937 cells. The petroleum ether extract was the only extract that significantly reduced cell proliferation and induced cell differentiation. Treatment with pure 5-methoxy-6,7-methylenedioxycoumarin (C1) and 5-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)-6,7-methylenedioxycoumarin (C2), present in the petroleum ether extract, showed a time and concentration-dependent inhibition on cell proliferation. In addition, the coumarin derivatives were also able to induce CD88 functionality and NBT reduction, markers of monocytic cell differentiation. These results suggest that C1 and C2 might have a potential therapeutic role in the management of leukemia.