UV-B Absorbance and UV-B absorbing compounds (para-coumaric acid) in pollen and sporopollenin: the perspective to track historic UV-B levels.

J. Rozema, R.A. Broekman, P. Blokker, B.B. Meijkamp, N. Bakker, J.W.M. van de Staaij, A.P. van Beem, F. Ariese, S.M. Kars

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Abstract

UV-B absorbance and UV-B absorbing compounds (UACs) of the pollen of Vicia faba, Betula pendula, Helleborus foetidus and Pinus sylvestris were studied. Sequential extraction demonstrated considerable UV-B absorbance both in the soluble (acid methanol) and insoluble sporopollenin (acetolysis resistant residue) fractions of UACs, while the wall-bound fraction of UACs was small. The UV-B absorbance of the soluble and sporopollenin fraction of pollen of Vicia faba plants exposed to enhanced UV-B (10 kJ m
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-117
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B. Biology
Volume62
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001

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