Glucosinolate Content and Isothiocyanate Evolution − Two Measures of the Biofumigation Potential of Plants
- 17 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 49 (11), 5244-5250
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf010545s
Abstract
A total of 570 lyophilised Brassica root and shoot tissue samples were hydrolyzed, and the liberated isothiocyanates (ITCs) were analyzed by gas chromatography-flame photometric detection (GC-FPD). Glucosinolates (GSLs) were extracted from samples of the same tissues and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The concentrations of six GSLs/ITCs (2-propenyl, 3-butyl, 4-pentenyl, benzyl, 4-methylthiobutyl, and 2-phenylethyl) as determined by the two techniques were compared. In 79% of the samples, the concentration of GSLs in the tissues was greater than that of the ITCs released on hydrolysis. Several possible reasons for the difference are proposed, including the effect of tissue storage time, hydrolysis of GSLs may be less efficient than the GSL extraction procedure, or some of the ITCs formed reacted with plant proteins and amino acids in the sample and were therefore not detected in the extract. GSL concentration in plant tissues is used to estimate the biofumigation potential of the plant tissue, whereas the actual biofumigation effect is thought to be due to the ITCs formed by hydrolysis of the plant-based GSLs. The variation between ITC and GSL values therefore has implications for the assessment of the biofumigation potential of the plant tissue.Keywords
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