Moricandia arvensis, also known as the purple mistress, is a flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family. It is found in the western Mediterranean region, including the Canary Islands, northern Africa, and parts of Europe. This plant has a unique carbon fixation system called C2 photosynthesis, which is a combination of C3 and C4 processes. It has been introduced to other areas such as France, Corsica, and Sardinia.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Moricandia longirostris	Pomel	Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 367 (1875)
Turritis arvensis	W.T.Aiton	Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 4: 108. 1812
Sinapis mesopotamica	Spreng.	J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 199 (1801)
Agrosinapis arvensis	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 329 (1868)
Brassica arvensis	L.	Mant. Pl. 95. 1767 [15-31 Oct 1767]
Brassica moricandia	Boiss.	Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 34. 1839 [9 Oct 1839]
Brassica purpurea	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)
Crantzia frutescens	Lag. ex DC.	Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 627. 1821 [late May 1821]
Diplotaxis arvensis	Bluff, Nees & Schauer	Comp. Fl. German. , ed. 2, 2: 103 (1838)
Diplotaxis brassiciformis	Koch ex Boiss.	Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 34 (1839)
Eruca arvensis	Noulet	Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyrén. : 54 (1837)
Erucastrum decandollei	K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.	Fl. Friburg. 3: 947 (1829)
Hesperis arvensis	Cav.	Descr. Pl. : 431 (1802)
Moricandia arvensis var. robusta	Batt.	Fl. Algérie Tunisie 34. 1905
Moricandia arvensis subsp. arvensis	(L.) DC.
Farsetia ramosissima var. garamantum	Maire	Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 71. 1929
Moricandia arvensis var. garamantum	(Maire) Maire	Fl. Afrique N. 13: 37 1967

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	purple mistress
Arabic	حم حقلي
Arabic	كرنب بري
Arabic	الحم
Arabic	كرنب الجمل
Catalan	colèjol
Catalan	coletxó
Catalan	moricàndia
Estonian	lilla sinisinep
Swedish	blåsenap

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia
- West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan

Europe click to expand
- Southeastern Europe
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Sicilia
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares
  - Corse
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000369713
USDA Plants	MOAR6
Tropicos	4103235
INPN	108805
Flora of Italy	1625
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1085378-2
The Plant List	kew-2360753
Open Tree Of Life	420029
Observations.org	119886
NCBI Taxonomy	180540
NBN Atlas	NHMSYS0000460779
Nature Serve	2.157715
IPNI	1085378-2
iNaturalist	165527
GBIF	5376035
EPPO	MOCAR
EOL	486253
USDA GRIN	417446
Wikipedia	Moricandia_arvensis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_905132765.1	Moricandia_arvensis_assemly	Scaffold	Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University	2021-01-28	95.0x	723.56 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Long-Term Monitoring of the Traditional Knowledge of Plant Species Used for Culinary Purposes in the Valencia Region, South-Eastern Spain

Belda A, Jordán-Nuñez J, Micó-Vicent B, López-Rodríguez D

Plants (Basel)

08-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10975046
doi:	10.3390/plants13060775
PMID:	38592810

Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area

Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM

Plants (Basel)

20-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10934477
doi:	10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:	38475415

Commercial suitability and characterization of newly developed Erucastrum canariense (Can) sterile cytoplasm based cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines in Indian cauliflower

Manjunath KS, Singh S, Kalia P, Mangal M, Sharma BB, Singh N, Ray M, Rao M, Tomar BS

Sci Rep

29-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10822850
doi:	10.1038/s41598-024-52714-z
PMID:	38282114

Melanogrit potentiates melanogenesis by escalating cellular tyrosinase activity and MITF levels via pERK inhibition

Balkrishna A, Lochab S, Verma S, Srivastava J, Dev R, Varshney A

Biosci Rep

09-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10776901
doi:	10.1042/BSR20231324
PMID:	38054639

Bringing home the carbon: photorespiratory CO2 recovery shows diverse efficiency in Brassicaceae

Walsh CA

J Exp Bot

21-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10662227
doi:	10.1093/jxb/erad371
PMID:	37988174

Utilization of crop wild relatives for biotic and abiotic stress management in Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.]

Verma S, Dubey N, Singh KH, Parmar N, Singh L, Sharma D, Rana D, Thakur K, Vaidya D, Thakur AK

Front Plant Sci

25-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10634535
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1277922
PMID:	37954999

Analysis of gaps in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) collections in European genebanks

Weise S, Hoekstra R, Kutschan KJ, Oppermann M, van Treuren R, Lohwasser U

Front Plant Sci

09-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10591083
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1244467
PMID:	37877086

Brassicaceae display variation in efficiency of photorespiratory carbon-recapturing mechanisms

Schlüter U, Bouvier JW, Guerreiro R, Malisic M, Kontny C, Westhoff P, Stich B, Weber AP

J Exp Bot

01-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10662225
doi:	10.1093/jxb/erad250
PMID:	37392176

The Synthesis and Biological Applications of the 1,2,3-Dithiazole Scaffold

Kalogirou AS, Oh HJ, Asquith CR

Molecules

03-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10096614
doi:	10.3390/molecules28073193
PMID:	37049953

Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of Eating Wild in a Highly Diverse Region

Benítez G, Molero-Mesa J, González-Tejero MR

Plants (Basel)

07-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10051205
doi:	10.3390/plants12061218
PMID:	36986907

Phytoremediation Potential of Native Plant Species in Mine Soils Polluted by Metal(loid)s and Rare Earth Elements

Azizi M, Faz A, Zornoza R, Martinez-Martinez S, Acosta JA

Plants (Basel)

07-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10058974
doi:	10.3390/plants12061219
PMID:	36986908

Unraveling disparate roles of organisms, from plants to bacteria, and viruses on built cultural heritage

Sanmartín P, Bosch-Roig P, Pangallo D, Kraková L, Serrano M

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol

23-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9947938
doi:	10.1007/s00253-023-12423-5
PMID:	36820899

Molecular basis of skin photoaging and therapeutic interventions by plant-derived natural product ingredients: A comprehensive review

Tanveer MA, Rashid H, Tasduq SA

Heliyon

09-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9988502
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13580
PMID:	36895391

Induction of Male Sterility by Targeted Mutation of a Restorer-of-Fertility Gene with CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in Brassica napus L.

Farooq Z, Nouman Riaz M, Farooq MS, Li Y, Wang H, Ahmad M, Tu J, Ma C, Dai C, Wen J, Shen J, Fu T, Yang S, Wang B, Yi B

Plants (Basel)

13-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9785856
doi:	10.3390/plants11243501
PMID:	36559613

Evolutionary implications of C2 photosynthesis: how complex biochemical trade-offs may limit C4 evolution

Walsh CA, Bräutigam A, Roberts MR, Lundgren MR

J Exp Bot

28-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9899418
doi:	10.1093/jxb/erac465
PMID:	36437625

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-2-(2-hydroxybut-3-enoxy)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	163098006	Click to see C=CC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O	250.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glucosinolates / Alkylglucosinolates
1-Methoxy-3-indolylmethyl glucosinolate	9576416	Click to see CON1C=C(C2=CC=CC=C21)CC(=NOS(=O)(=O)O)SC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	478.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
3-Indolylmethyl glucosinolate	6602378	Click to see C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)CC(=NOS(=O)(=O)O)SC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
Glucobrassicin	9601691	Click to see C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)CC(=NOS(=O)(=O)O)SC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
Progoitrin	12309644	Click to see C=CC(CC(=NOS(=O)(=O)O)SC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O	389.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
2-phenylethyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	468284	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CCOC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	284.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
Phenylethyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	11289099	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CCOC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	284.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybenzoate	11259755	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	462.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybenzoate	72773194	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	462.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
methyl (E)-3-[3-hydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	12311282	Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	356.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
methyl (E)-3-[3-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	11222008	Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=CC(=C1)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	356.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
Methyl 3-[3-hydroxy-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	85437877	Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	356.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
Methyl 3-[3-hydroxy-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	72757227	Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=CC(=C1)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	356.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Monosaccharides / Hexoses
(2S,3S,4R,5S,6S)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-indol-1-yloxyoxane-2,3,5-triol	162817366	Click to see C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CN2OC3C(C(OC(C3O)O)CO)O	295.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 4-hydroxybenzoate	14132341	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	300.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
1-(4-Hydroxybenzoyl)glucose	14132342	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	300.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Indoles / 3-alkylindoles
3-(oxiran-2-yl)-1H-indole	131085	Click to see C1C(O1)C2=CNC3=CC=CC=C32	159.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
3-[(2R)-oxiran-2-yl]-1H-indole	92290115	Click to see C1C(O1)C2=CNC3=CC=CC=C32	159.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85451-K
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acid esters / Hydroxycinnamic acid glycosides
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] (E)-3-[3-hydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	11191325	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	504.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	4484225	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)O	342.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 3-[3-hydroxy-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	85429870	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	504.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
1-Caffeoyl-beta-D-glucose	5281761	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)O	342.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
5-Hydroxy-2-[3-hydroxy-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-7-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one	72774693	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	772.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M
Moricandin	44575359	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	772.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP049581M

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Moricandia arvensis

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