Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Euphorbia lathyris (Euphorbiaceae), a traditional Chinese medicine

Abstract

Euphorbia lathyris is a biennial herb plant in China. The seed is commonly used in well-known traditional Chinese medicine, and it has anti-tumor, p-glycoprotein and tyrosinase inhibitory activities. The length of circular chloroplast genome was 162,571 bp, containing a large single-copy region of 91,946 bp, a small single-copy region of 17,301 bp and two inverted repeat regions of 26,662 bp. The chloroplast genome contained 128 genes, including 85 protein-coding, 8 rRNA, and 35 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that E. lathyris, E. kansui and E. esulaare are closely related to each other.

Keywords:

• Euphorbia lathyris
• chloroplast genome
• phylogenetic analysis

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in National Center for Biotechnology Information] at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/], reference number [MT241376].

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Funding

This work was supported by Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences [No. 2020K-28] and the Education Department Special Research Project of Shaanxi Province [No. 18JK0953].