ISSN:
1573-4927
Keywords:
polyploidy
;
flavonoid synthesis
;
flavone C-glycosides
;
aneuploids
;
Gramineae
;
Briza
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Following a recent reidentification of the apigenin C-glycosides in diploid Briza media, the luteolin C-glycosides were reexamined and three acylated derivatives of a luteolin C-glycoside were found. In an attempt to identify the chromosome or group of chromosomes responsible for the change in flavonoid synthesis from 4′-hydroxy- in diploid plants to 3′,4′-dihydroxyflavone C-glycosides in autotetraploid plants, leaf flavonoids of artificially produced aneuploids of B. media were examined. Among these plants three different leaf flavonoid profiles were recognized: diploid, tetraploid, and a “modified” tetraploid pattern. All the aneuploids with the normal or “modified” tetraploid pattern were trisomic for one of the small acrocentric chromosomes. Induced polyploids of other Briza species were usually found to have similar flavonoid patterns in the two chromosome races. Flavonoid sulfates were found in three South American species but are absent from all the European species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00485122
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