Polyprenols in leaves of fruit-trees of Rosaceae family.

E Swiezewska; T Chojnacki

doi:10.18388/abp.1996_4467

Polyprenols in leaves of fruit-trees of Rosaceae family.

E Swiezewska Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.;
T Chojnacki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.1996_4467

Abstract

In leaves of various species of fruit-trees belonging to the Rosaceae family, large amounts of polyprenyl acetates (0.5-5.0% of dry weight) were found. Discrete constant differences of polyprenol spectrum characteristic of each genus studied: Malus, Prunus and Pyrus were observed. In each species poly-cis-prenols composed of 19 and 20 isoprene units were predominating. In one of the 23 studied species (Prunus incisa) a fraction of long-chain polyprenols composed of 35-45 isoprene units was also present. It seems that this type of unusually long-chain polyprenols could occur also in other plants of the Rosaceae family.

Published

1996-12-31

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 4 (1996)

Section

Articles

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