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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Electrochemistry-based chemotaxonomy in plants using the voltammetry of microparticles methodology

Mariele MartiniAntonio Doménech-carbóAna María IbarsGerardo Cebrián-torrejónFritz ScholzJosefa Prieto-mossiElena Estrelles

subject

ChromatographybiologyChemistryChemotaxonomyMaterials Chemistryfood and beveragesRosalesGeneral Chemistrybiology.organism_classificationElectrochemistryVoltammetryCatalysis

description

A methodology for characterizing vegetal taxonomic groups using microextraction-assisted voltammetry of microparticles is described. It is based on recording the voltammetric response of microparticulate films of polyphenolic compounds of leaf extracts using different organic solvents. As a result, characteristic voltammetric profiles, tentatively defining an electrochemolomic response, are obtained. Bivariant and multivariant chemometric evaluation of the voltammetric responses of such films allows characterizing vegetal families. Analysis of voltammetric responses for a set of species of the Rosales order suggests that electrochemical data can be correlated with phylogenetic trees.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nj01233c