Figure 8.

Accumulation of Soluble Phenolic Esters in MOMT Overexpression Plants.

(A) The methanol-soluble 4-O-methyl compounds accumulated in the stems of MOMT transgenic plants. Note that no conventional sinapoyl esters accumulated in the mature stems of both the 10-week-old control and transgenic plants. The data are the means and se of four replicates. FW, fresh weight; Me-FG, 4-O-methyl-feruloyl glucose derivative; Me-FM, 4-O-methyl-feruloyl malate; Me-SM, 4-O-methyl-sinapoyl malate; SG, sinapoyl glucose; SM, sinapoyl malate.

(B) The methanol-soluble phenolic esters accumulated in the rosette leaves of 7-week-old control and MOMT transgenic plants.

The data represent mean and se of four or five replicates.