In highlight stress conditions, the mechanism of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence is triggered at the chloroplast level. This process allows thermal quenching of the excessive excitation energy and it is strictly related to the efficiency of the xanthophyll cycle. Nowadays, the utilization of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provides a powerful complementary way for the identification and quantitative analysis of plant metabolites either in vivo or in tissue extracts. Seeing that the oxidative damage caused by light stress in plants and the consequent involvement of pigments are widely studied, NMR spectroscopy can be utilized to compare crude leaf extract at different levels of light stress, allowing an analysis of these compounds. In this paper, the identification of possible relationships between light stress and 1H NMR signal variations is discussed. The analysis of the 1H NMR (1D) spectra of two agronomic species (Spinacia oleracea and Beta vulgaris) exposed to different light intensities is presented. In particular, change in carotenoids and xanthophylls signals are analyzed.

NMR (1H) analysis of crude extracts detects light stress in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea leaves / Guadagno, CARMELA ROSARIA; DELLA GRECA, Marina; Virzo, Amalia; D'Ambrosio, Nicola. - In: PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH. - ISSN 0166-8595. - 115:(2013), pp. 115-122. [10.1007/s11120-013-9833-2]

NMR (1H) analysis of crude extracts detects light stress in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea leaves

GUADAGNO, CARMELA ROSARIA;DELLA GRECA, MARINA;VIRZO, AMALIA;D'AMBROSIO, NICOLA
2013

Abstract

In highlight stress conditions, the mechanism of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence is triggered at the chloroplast level. This process allows thermal quenching of the excessive excitation energy and it is strictly related to the efficiency of the xanthophyll cycle. Nowadays, the utilization of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provides a powerful complementary way for the identification and quantitative analysis of plant metabolites either in vivo or in tissue extracts. Seeing that the oxidative damage caused by light stress in plants and the consequent involvement of pigments are widely studied, NMR spectroscopy can be utilized to compare crude leaf extract at different levels of light stress, allowing an analysis of these compounds. In this paper, the identification of possible relationships between light stress and 1H NMR signal variations is discussed. The analysis of the 1H NMR (1D) spectra of two agronomic species (Spinacia oleracea and Beta vulgaris) exposed to different light intensities is presented. In particular, change in carotenoids and xanthophylls signals are analyzed.
2013
NMR (1H) analysis of crude extracts detects light stress in Beta vulgaris and Spinacia oleracea leaves / Guadagno, CARMELA ROSARIA; DELLA GRECA, Marina; Virzo, Amalia; D'Ambrosio, Nicola. - In: PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH. - ISSN 0166-8595. - 115:(2013), pp. 115-122. [10.1007/s11120-013-9833-2]
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