The occurrence of polyprenols in seeds and leaves of woody plants.

• Authors: Marcin Chouda , Wiesław Jankowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The contents of the heterogenous group of polyisoprenoids was found about two orders of magnitude lower in seeds than the amount of polyprenols and/or their carboxylic esters accumulated during vegetation season in leaves. In contrast to leaves, no seeds were found containing more than 0.5 mg of these lipids per gram of dry tissue. Almost 50% had less than 0.01 mg/g - the amount which is the limit of detection by the procedure used in this work. In gymnosperms (10 representatives of Cupressaceae, Pinaceae and Taxaceae) the polyprenol spectra in seeds and in needles were similar. In angiosperms (25 representatives of 13 botanical families) the polyisoprenoid mixture in seeds resembled the minor, additional subfamily found in leaves.

Keywords

EN

polyprenols; seed lipids; dolichols; leaf lipids

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 243-253

Dates

published

2005

received

2005-01-17

accepted

2005-03-15

Contributors

author

Marcin Chouda

• Agricultural University, SGGW, Warszawa, Poland

author

Wiesław Jankowski

• Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

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