Open AccessThe occurence of polyprenols in Euphorbiaceae
Author(s) -
George Verughese,
Murughan Muthukrishnan,
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.2001.006
Subject(s) - euphorbiaceae , botany , isoprene , biology , phyllanthus , chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer
The distribution and occurrence of polyprenols in leaves of 19 species belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family were investigated. Polyprenols comprising 11 and 12 isoprene units were the dominant ones in the majority of the plants investigated. Out of the 19 species studied the highest concentration of polyprenols was observed in Phyllanthus amarus (0.1-0.3%, dry wt.)