The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Corydalis yanhusuo

<i>Corydalis yanhusuo</i> is a perennial herb with 30 cm high of Papaveraceae and widely distributed in hilly grasslands. It is also a famous and commonly used traditional medicine in East Asia and contains more than 20 kinds of alkaloids, which have a positive impact in the central nervous system, digestive system, cardiovascular system and pituitary a-drenal cortical systems.<i>C</i>.<i> yanhusuo</i> is an effective painkiller and Modern medicine found that its active components have good efficacy in treating diseases of antitumor, anti-anxiety and so on .Although there are various methods to identify the physiological functions of roots of <i>C</i>.<i> yanhusuo</i>, few attention has been paid to the efficacy of leaves. For this reason, we added a new complete chloroplast (cp) genome of the species, which provided scientific basis for further exploring the medical prospect of <i>C</i>.<i> yanhusuo</i>.Figure1. A Bayesian phylogeny tree was constructed by the cp genome sequences of 19 species from Papaveraceae, Ranunculaceae and Lardizabalaceae. The posterior probability value (1.0) is labeled for each node.<br>

<i>延胡索（Corydalis yanhusuo）</i>隶属于罂粟科（Papaveraceae），为株高可达30厘米的多年生草本植物，广泛分布于丘陵草原生境中。它是东亚地区知名且常用的传统药材，体内含有二十余种生物碱，对中枢神经系统、消化系统、心血管系统及垂体-肾上腺皮质系统均具有积极作用。延胡索是高效镇痛剂，现代医学研究发现其活性成分在抗肿瘤、抗焦虑等疾病的治疗中展现出良好疗效。尽管目前已有多种方法可用于鉴定延胡索根部的生理功能，但鲜有研究关注其叶片的药用功效。为此，本研究新增了该物种的一套完整叶绿体（cp）基因组序列，为进一步探索延胡索的药用前景提供了科学依据。图1 基于罂粟科、毛茛科（Ranunculaceae）、木通科（Lardizabalaceae）共19个物种的叶绿体基因组序列构建了贝叶斯系统发育树，各节点均标注了后验概率值（1.0）。