Abstract
Alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation of the polymeric materials from wound-healed potato (Solanum tuberosum L. var. White Rose) tuber tissue liberated p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, and minor amounts of syringaldehyde as determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The aromatic aldehydes were derived only from periderm. The amounts of aromatic aldehydes liberated were used as a measure of the deposition of phenolic suberin components. Phenolic deposition began after about 2 days of wound healing; after 8 days the amounts of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde released by nitrobenzene oxidation leveled off at 5 milligrams per gram dry weight and after 12 days vanillin liberation reached a maximum at 7.5 milligrams per gram dry weight. The time course of deposition of the phenolic polymeric material is analogous to that reported for the deposition of the aliphatic components of suberin and therefore these results are consistent with the proposed structure of suberin. Experiments with radiolabeled l-phenylalanine and cinnamic acid indicated that exogenous phenylalanine was less efficient than cinnamic acid as a precursor of suberin phenolics. Nitrobenzene oxidation of radiolabeled suberin preparations gave three major labeled fractions: a diethyl ether-soluble fraction containing aromatic aldehydes (≃20%), an ethyl acetate-soluble fraction containing unknown compounds (≃15%), and a condensed phenolic fraction (≃10%). Thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of the ether fraction showed that the major labeled components were vanillin and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The condensed tannin fraction revealed the presence of several labeled macromolecular phenolic fractions. Elution profiles of the condensed tannin fraction from tissues suberized for different periods of time were essentially identical, suggesting qualitative similarity of deposition and polymerization of suberin phenolics throughout the duration of wound healing. Chlorogenic acid accumulation in wound healing potato tuber discs was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. The level of this compound reached 130 micrograms per disk after 11 days and did not decline even after the deposition of suberin ceased, revealing no precursor role for this acid in suberization.
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