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DOI 10.1139/cjb-2021-0221
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Title (Primary) Consistency of phenolic profiles with taxonomic distribution and adaptation of birch species (Betula L.) to environmental conditions
Author Likhanov, A.F.; Vasylyshyn, R.D.; Marchuk, Y.M.; Kurdyuk, O.M.; Honchar, H.Y.; Borysov, O.V.; Bilous, S.Y.; Yakubenko, B.Y.; Al Naggar, Y.
Source Titel Botany
Year 2023
Department BZF
Volume 101
Issue 10
Page From 400
Page To 413
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Betula; chemosystematics; introduction; flavonoids; tannins
Abstract The phenolic compounds in the leaves of 12 species of birch trees of the subgenera Neurobetula, Betulenta, and Betula were biochemically profiled using HPTLC. The duration of the vegetation period was found to be significantly related to the content of total phenols (r = 0.74) and flavonoids in leaves (r = 0.65). The correlations for Neurobetula plants were 0.86 and 0.91, respectively. The relationship between the duration of the growing season and the concentration of phenolic compounds in Betula plants was inverse (r = −0.84). A cluster analysis of phytochemical profiles revealed that the studied birch species form groups that coincide with the subgenera proposed by De Jong due to an affinity with the qualitative composition of phenolic compounds. A multiple correlation analysis confirmed the relationship between the qualitative composition of phenolic compounds and the morphological characteristics of the leaves. The results of phytochemical profiling revealed that the qualitative composition of polyphenols in the leaves of 12 birch species is quite specific, allowing the use of individual compounds as additional differential biochemical characters in identifying species and hybrids and studying their potential role in plant adaptation to habitat conditions.
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Likhanov, A.F., Vasylyshyn, R.D., Marchuk, Y.M., Kurdyuk, O.M., Honchar, H.Y., Borysov, O.V., Bilous, S.Y., Yakubenko, B.Y., Al Naggar, Y. (2023):
Consistency of phenolic profiles with taxonomic distribution and adaptation of birch species (Betula L.) to environmental conditions
Botany 101 (10), 400 - 413 10.1139/cjb-2021-0221