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| Author(s): |
dos Santos Tozin, Luiz Ricardo
[1]
;
Carvalho, Shelly Favorito
[1]
;
Machado, Silvia Rodrigues
[2]
;
Rodrigues, Tatiane Maria
[2]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] UNESP, IBB, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Bot, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] UNESP, IBB, Dept Bot, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | BOTANY; v. 93, n. 5, p. 297-306, MAY 2015. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 8 |
| Abstract | |
Despite the ecological and medicinal importance of glandular trichomes in Verbenaceae, information on their structure, mainly at the subcellular level, is sparse. We analyzed the morphology and histochemistry of glandular trichomes in Lippia origanoides Kunth and Lippia stachyoides Cham., using conventional methods in anatomy, histochemistry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and ultracytochemical techniques. Five morphotypes (I-V) of glandular trichomes were identified in L. origanoides, and four morphotypes (I, III-V) in L. stachyoides. Morphotype I is the most abundant in both species. Lipids were detected in all morphotypes except IV; terpenes in I, II, and V; phenolic compounds in all morphotypes except V; neutral polysaccharides and protein in all morphotypes; mucilage exclusively in IV; alkaloids only in III. Each glandular morphotype showed ultrastructural peculiarities compatible with the chemical compounds produced. An association between glandular morphotype, secretion composition, and ultrastructural features in Lippia species was revealed, suggesting functions specific to each glandular morphotype. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/55434-7 - Secretory structures in plant species from cerrado: structural, chemical and ecological approaches |
| Grantee: | Silvia Rodrigues Machado |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |