Seasonal changes in the storage compounds and enzymatic activities in three Indian leafy liverworts

ABSTRACT Present study is aimed to investigate the effect of seasonal changes on the storage compounds i.e. free amino acids, RNA, proteins, carbohydrates alongwith enzymatic activities in three species of leafy liverworts, namely Chiloscyphus gollani Steph. , Solenostoma crenulata (Sm.) Steph. and...

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Main Authors: Shivani Thakur, Sunita Kapila
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2022
Subjects:
Seasonal changes
Chiloscyphus gollani
Solenostoma crenulata
Fossombronia himalayensis
inverse relation
Antarc*
Antarctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7340725
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Summary:ABSTRACT Present study is aimed to investigate the effect of seasonal changes on the storage compounds i.e. free amino acids, RNA, proteins, carbohydrates alongwith enzymatic activities in three species of leafy liverworts, namely Chiloscyphus gollani Steph. , Solenostoma crenulata (Sm.) Steph. and Fossombronia himalayensis Kash. Activities of enzymes α-amylase, β-amylase and invertase were found to be reducing towards the end of the growing season i.e. January-March. This is correlated with the accumulation of carbohydrates in the plant body in this season. The content of free amino acids coupled with the highest activity of enzyme protease was found on peak in the rainy season i.e. July-September. The maximum value of proteins was observed in the winter season i.e. October-December and the content of protein is found to be inversely proportional to the content of free amino acids. Key Words: Seasonal changes, Chiloscyphus gollani, Solenostoma crenulata , Fossombroniahimalayensis , inverse relation. REFERENCES Asakawa, Y. 1999. Phytochemistry of bryophytes: biologically active terpenoids and aromatic compounds from liverworts. In: Romeo J. t. (Eds.). Phytochemicals in human health protection, nutrition and plant defence. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, USA, pp. 319-342. Asakawa, Y. 2004. Chemosystematics of the Hepatiae. Phytochemistry. 65: 623-669. Basha, S. M. M. and Beevers, L. 1975 . The development of pro­teolytic activity and protein degradation during the germi­nation of Pisum sativum . Planta. 124: 77-87. Bernfeld, P. 1951. Amylases α and β. In: Colowick, S. P. and Kaplan, N. O. (Eds.), Methods in enzymology. Academic Press, pp. 149-158. Davey, M. C. 1999. The elemental and biochemical composi­tion of bryophytes from the maritime Antarctic. Antarctic Science. 11: 157-159. Farewell, A. and Neidhardt, F. C. 1998. Effect of temperature on in vivo protein synthetic capacity in Escherichia coli . Journal of Bacteriology. 180: 4704-4710. Fowler, D. B., Breton, G. N., Limin, A. E., Mahfoozi, S. and Sarhan, ...

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