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Effects of temperature on total phenolic compounds in Cystoseira amentacea (C. Agardh) Bory (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from southern Mediterranean Sea

2015

The aim of this study was to test the effects of temperature on phenolic content of the brown seaweed Cystoseira amentacea. Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites involved in different protection mechanisms as, for example, against grazers, epiphytes and UV radiation. Seasonal variations of phenolic content in C. amentacea were analysed and laboratory experiments, in which C. amentacea was exposed to an increase of temperature (25°C and 30°C), were performed. Total phenolic content (TPC) was determined colorimetrically with the Folin–Ciocalteu reagent. In C. amentacea, a seasonal pattern in TPC was observed, with a maximum value in winter-spring. C. amentacea responded significantly t…

0106 biological sciencesCystoseira amentacea Mediterranean Sea phenols secondary metabolites temperature variations010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesbiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaCystoseira amentaceaPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesMediterranean seaBrown seaweedBotanySettore BIO/04 - Fisiologia VegetaleEpiphyteFucalesEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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