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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect glucosinolate and mineral element composition in leaves of Moringa oleifera
- Moringa is a mycorrhizal crop cultivated in the tropics and subtropics and appreciated for its nutritive and health-promoting value. As well as improving plant mineral nutrition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can affect plant synthesis of compounds bioactive against chronic diseases in humans. Rhizophagus intraradices and Funneliformis mosseae were used in a full factorial experiment to investigate the impact of AMF on the accumulation of glucosinolates, flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, and mineral elements in moringa leaves. Levels of glucosinolates were enhanced, flavonoids and phenolic acids were not affected, levels of carotenoids (including provitamin A) were species-specifically reduced, and mineral elements were affected differently, with only Cu and Zn being increased by the AMF. This study presents novel results on AMF effects on glucosinolates in leaves and supports conclusions that the impacts of these fungi on microelement concentrations in edible plants are species dependent. The nonspecific positive effectsMoringa is a mycorrhizal crop cultivated in the tropics and subtropics and appreciated for its nutritive and health-promoting value. As well as improving plant mineral nutrition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can affect plant synthesis of compounds bioactive against chronic diseases in humans. Rhizophagus intraradices and Funneliformis mosseae were used in a full factorial experiment to investigate the impact of AMF on the accumulation of glucosinolates, flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, and mineral elements in moringa leaves. Levels of glucosinolates were enhanced, flavonoids and phenolic acids were not affected, levels of carotenoids (including provitamin A) were species-specifically reduced, and mineral elements were affected differently, with only Cu and Zn being increased by the AMF. This study presents novel results on AMF effects on glucosinolates in leaves and supports conclusions that the impacts of these fungi on microelement concentrations in edible plants are species dependent. The nonspecific positive effects on glucosinolates and the species-specific negative effects on carotenoids encourage research on other AMF species to achieve general benefits on bioactive compounds in moringa.…
| Author details: | Marco Cosme, Philipp Franken, Inga Mewis, Susanne BaldermannORCiDGND, Susanne Wurst |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-014-0574-7 |
| ISSN: | 0940-6360 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1890 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24706008 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Mycorrhiza |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publishing: | New York |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2014 |
| Publication year: | 2014 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
| Tag: | Arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi; Crop quality; Health-promoting compounds; Microelements; Moringa oleifera |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Number of pages: | 6 |
| First page: | 565 |
| Last Page: | 570 |
| Funding institution: | Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Portugal); Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences - Freie Univeritat Berlin (Germany); Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Germany of the Land Brandenburg; Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Germany of the Land Thuringen |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
