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Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Importance of Glycosylated Flavones in Patterned Lentil Seed Coats by Fatma M. Elessawy; Derek Wright; Albert Vandenberg; Anas El-Aneed; Randy W. Purves is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Importance of Glycosylated Flavones in Patterned Lentil Seed Coats about?

Lentil seed coats are rich in antioxidant polyphenols that are important for plant defense and have potential as valorized byproducts. Although biochemical differences among lentil seed coat colors have been previously studied, differences among seed coat patterns remain largely unexplored. This study used mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomics to investigate polyphenol differences among lentil seed coat patterns to search for biochemical pathways potentially responsible for seed coat pattern differences. Comparing patterned with non-patterned green lentil seed coats, 28 significantly upregulated metabolites were found in patterned seed coats; 19 of them were identified as flavones. Flavones were virtually absent in non-patterned seed coats, thereby strongly suggesting a blockage in their flavone biosynthetic pathway. Although the black pattern is not readily discernible on black seed coats, many of the same flavones found in green marbled seed coats were also found in black seed coats, indicating that black seed coats likely have a marbled pattern.

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Author

Fatma M. Elessawy; Derek Wright; Albert Vandenberg; Anas El-Aneed; Randy W. Purves

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)