SUGAR BIOTRANSFORMATIONS BY FUNGI ON LEAVES OF THE RESURRECTION PLANTSPOROBOLUS-STAPFIANUS

Authors
MURELLI C ADAMO V FINZI PV ALBINI FM BOCHICCHIO A PICCO AM
Citation
C. Murelli et al., SUGAR BIOTRANSFORMATIONS BY FUNGI ON LEAVES OF THE RESURRECTION PLANTSPOROBOLUS-STAPFIANUS, Phytochemistry, 43(4), 1996, pp. 741-745
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
741 - 745
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1996)43:4<741:SBBFOL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Fresh, dried and rehydrated leaf samples of the resurrection plant, Sp orobolus stapfianus, were analysed for their contents of low-M(r) subs tances. Glucose, fructose and sucrose were the prevailing sugars in aq ueous extracts from fresh leaves, whereas sucrose accumulated in dried leaves. After 72 hr rehydration, an unusual content of mannitol and t rehalose was observed. The involvement of fungal species, able to perf orm sugar biotransformations in rehydrated leaves, is reported. Copyri ght (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd