Fatty Acid Composition in Fractions of Total Lipids from the Buds of Plants of the Betula L. Genus by the Opening Phases

• Published in: Russian journal of plant physiology Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 94 - 101
• Main Authors: Morozova, I. V., Chernobrovkina, N. P., Il’inova, M. K., Robonen, E. V., Tsydendambaev, V. D., Pchelkin, V. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acetone; Betula pendula; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Buds; Chloroform; Composition; Fatty acid composition; Fatty acids; Fish oils; Glycolipids; Life Sciences; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Lipids; Morphology; Organic compounds; Palmitic acid; Phases; Phospholipids; Physical characteristics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Research Papers; total and neutral lipids; fatty acids; buds; opening phases; phospho- and glycolipids
• ISSN: 1021-4437; 1608-3407
• DOI: 10.1134/S1021443721010131

The fatty acid composition (FAC) of fractions of organic compounds isolated from total lipids (TL) by successive solvents—chloroform, acetone, and methanol, taken as neutral lipids (NL), glycolipids (GL), and phospholipids (PL)—was studied by the phases of the opening of buds in plants of the Betula L. genus [1]. It was found that the FAC of the TL fractions of opening buds of trees with morphological features of Betula pubescens Ehrh., Betula pendula Roth, and Betula pendula Roth var. carelica (Mercklin) Hämet-Ahti is represented mainly by unsaturated fatty acids (USFAs) (up to 88% of the total fatty acids). Linolenic and linoleic acids (up to 55 and 47% of the total fatty acids, respectively) constituted the main share of USFAs. Palmitic acid predominated quantitatively among saturated fatty acids (SFAs) (up to 42%). The content of linoleic acid in all SL fractions decreased with the development of buds in all three birches, while the content of linolenic acid in the composition of the GL and PL fractions increased. In birches differing in morphological characteristics, the specific features of the FAC from the SL fractions of the buds were studied by the opening phases.