Effects of Genotype and Environment on Active Components of Salviae miltiorrhizae by HPLC

Abstract

Six cultivars and five experimental site were selected to study the effects of genotype and environment on the contents of fat-soluble components and water-soluble components in Salviae miltiorrhizae. The results showed that the contents of water-soluble components rosmarinic acid and salvianolic acid B in Salvia miltiorrhiza were significantly affected by genotype, environment and interaction effects of genotype environment and the effects of genotype were much more than the effects of environment and the interaction effects of genotype environment, which showed that water-soluble component content in Salvia miltiorrhiza was mainly affected by genetic effects. Fat-soluble components were different from water-soluble components, contents of tanshinone I and tanshinone II_A were affected by environmental effects, for fat-soluble component salvianolic acid B, genotype and experimental site are both important. Coefficient of variation indicated that fat-soluble component in salvia is affected by external factors more easily than water-soluble component.