Light absorption by anthocyanins in juvenile, stressed, and senescing leaves.
The optical properties of leaves from five species, Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.), cotoneaster (Cotoneaster alaunica Golite), hazel (Corylus avellana L.), Siberian dogwood (Cornus alba L.), and Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.), differing in pigment composition and at different stages of ontogenesis, were studied. Anthocyanin absorption maxima in vivo, as estimated with spectrophotometry of intact anthocyanic versus acyanic leaves and microspectrophotometry of vacuoles in the leaf cross-sections, were found between 537 nm and 542 nm, showing a red shift of 5-20 nm compared with the corresponding maxima in acidic water-methanol extracts. In non-senescent leaves, strong anthocyanin absorption was found between 500 nm and 600 nm (with a 70-80 nm apparent bandwidth). By and large, absorption by anthocyanin in leaves followed a modified form of the Lambert-Beer law, showing a linear trend up to a content of nearly 50 nmol cm(-2), and permitting thereby a non-invasive determination of anthocyanin content. The apparent specific absorption coefficients of anthocyanins at 550 nm showed no substantial dependence on the species. Anthocyanin contribution to total light absorption at 550 nm was followed in maple leaves in the course of autumn senescence. Photoprotection by vacuolar anthocyanins is discussed with special regard to their distribution within a leaf; radiation screening by anthocyanins predominantly localized in the epidermal cells in A. platanoides and C. avellana leaves was also evaluated.
Merzlyak
Mark N
MN
Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, 119991, GSP-1 Moscow, Russia. m_merzlyak@mail.ru
Chivkunova
Olga B
OB
Solovchenko
Alexei E
AE
Naqvi
K Razi
KR
D000327:Adsorption; D000375:Aging; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D008027:Light; D063245:Plant Development; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects
D000872:Anthocyanins; D002734:Chlorophyll
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