title: [Effects of natural and artificial defoliations on the content and composition of extractive substances in birch leaves].
abstract: Qualitative and quantitative compositions of extracts of birch (Betula pendula Roth.) leaves after natural and artificial defoliations were studied. Composition of the fraction of total lipids was determined. Overall, 11 fatty acids were identified. Differences between the fatty acid compositions of total lipids in the trees subjected to defoliation, consisting in the increase in quantities of short-chain saturated fatty acids and trienoic acids, were detected. Nine individual compounds--six flavones, two flavanones, and one flavanonol--were isolated from the flavonoid fraction by column chromatography. It was found that the total content of extractive substances in birch leaves as well as amounts of free sterols, triterpene compounds, and flavones decreased 1 year after an artificial defoliation and 1 month after depredation of 75% of birch stands by gypsy moth. On the contrary, the contents of flavanones and flavanonol increased. The assay method proposed may be used for studying the compositions of plant extracts.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Shul'ts
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bakhvalov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Martem'ianov
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Syromiatnikova
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shakirov
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tolstikov
mesh_terms: D029662:Betula / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005419:Flavonoids; D010936:Plant Extracts