Isoprenoid hydrocarbons from the fruit of extant plants

Isoprenoid hydrocarbons from the fruit of extant plants

The epicuticular waxes from the fruit of melons, tomatoes and paradise apples were found to contain the acyclic isoprenoids, pristane and phytane. The highest content of phytane (10.6%) was identified in the liquid wax of paradise apple. The unusually high pristane-phytane ratio of 2.1 in tomato liq...

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Published in:Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 637 - 639
Main Authors: Velcheva, Maria P., Donchev, Christo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01-06-1997
Elsevier
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Chemical constitution
Cucumis melo
Cucurbitaceae
Diospiros kaki
Ebenaceae
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
isoprenoid hydrocarbons
Lycopersicon esculentum
phytane
Plant physiology and development
plant waxes
pristane
Solanaceae
pristane
phytane
Ebenaceae
plant waxes
isoprenoid hydrocarbons
Cucurbitaceae
Lycopersicon esculentum
Diospiros kaki
Cucumis melo
Solanaceae
Diospyros kaki
Fruit
Hydrocarbon
Isoprenoid
Dicotyledones
Angiospermae
Isolation
Spermatophyta
Chemical composition
Plant wax
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Summary:The epicuticular waxes from the fruit of melons, tomatoes and paradise apples were found to contain the acyclic isoprenoids, pristane and phytane. The highest content of phytane (10.6%) was identified in the liquid wax of paradise apple. The unusually high pristane-phytane ratio of 2.1 in tomato liquid wax suggests that these isoprenoids could originate in geochemical samples such as coals and sediments not only from bacteria and phytol degradation, as has been previously suggested, but also from plant waxes.
ISSN:0031-9422
1873-3700
DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00008-3