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Altitudinal and seasonal changes of phenolic compounds in Buxus sempervirens leaves and cuticles

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The variation in the leaf content of phenolic compounds has been related to the UV-B changes of the environment in which plants grow. In this context, we aimed to investigate: a) whether the seasonal and altitudinal changes in the content of phenolic compounds of Buxus sempervirens L. leaves and cuticles could be related to the natural fluctuations in UV-B levels and b) the possible use of specific phenolic compounds as biomarkers of ambient UV-B levels. To achieve these goals we sampled, every three months during one year, leaves of B. sempervirens along an altitudinal gradient. At the lowest and the highest altitudes, we also conducted a UV-exclusion experiment to discern whether the observed changes could be attributed to the natural variation in UV-B. Results show that total phenolic content of leaves was lower in June than in the other sampling dates, which suggests a leaf ontogenic rather than a UV-B effect on the leaf content of these compounds. Regarding the elevational gradient, the overall amount of phenolic acids and neolignan of entire leaves increased with altitude while the total amount of flavonoids in leaf cuticles decreased. However, the lack of a significant effect of our UV-exclusion treatment on the content of these compounds suggests that the observed variations along the altitudinal gradient would respond to other factors rather than to UV-B. Concomitantly, we did not find any phenolic compound in leaves or cuticles of B. sempervirens that could be considered as a biomarker of ambient UV-B levels. (c) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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hal-01089506 , version 1 (01-12-2014)

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M. Bernal, L. Llorens, D. Verdaguer, Jordi Badosa, R. Julkunen-Tiitto. Altitudinal and seasonal changes of phenolic compounds in Buxus sempervirens leaves and cuticles. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013, 70 (september), pp.471-482. ⟨10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.06.012⟩. ⟨hal-01089506⟩
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