The aim of this project was to characterize thermotropic phase behavior and morphology of major wax components of a plant leaf cuticle in dry and hydrated conditions. The composition of the cuticular wax from adaxial leaves of the plant Clivia Miniata Regel was characterized by GC-MS. The analysis showed that the wax is dominated by aliphatic compounds, mainly alkanes (C22-C33) and alcohols (C16-C32). Based on this analysis a model wax was composed comprising 1-docosanol (C22H45OH) and dotriacontane (C32H66). The simplicity of the model allowed for a thorough physical-chemical analysis of the system. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Small Angle X-ray Diffraction (SAXD) were employed to map the phase behavior and morphology of th...
The biosynthesis of wax components containing secondary functional groups was investigated in the cu...
Aerial surfaces of plants are covered by a waxy cuticle protecting plants from excessive water loss ...
Fig. 4. Chain-length distribution of the very-long-chain (VLC) aliphatic compounds of leaf cuticular...
We investigated the thermotropic phase behavior of plant leaf intracuticular wax and two representat...
The cuticle is an external barrier of aerial plant organs that prevents desiccation. It is composed ...
Plant cuticles form an external barrier, primarily blocking water loss into the desiccating atmosphe...
The cuticle of all higher-plants is covered in lipidic layers of amorphous and crystalline waxes. Th...
This research examines the annual evolution and composition of soluble cuticular waxes of Actinidia ...
Analysis of cuticular wax from Kalanchoe daigremontiana leaves was performed to identify the constit...
The aim was to quantify the softening effect that two surfactants (C10EO7 and C8G1.6) have on a plan...
Plants coat themselves in a cuticle to hinder transpiration across the vast surface areas they requi...
Cuticular wax, the first protective layer of above ground tissues of many plant species, is a key ev...
Plant cuticles are the interface for plant-environment interactions, and the first barrier protectin...
The chemical composition of cuticular waxes and pigments and the morphological features of cork oak...
The glossy varieties (A14 and Jing 2001) and glaucous varieties (Fanmai 5 and Shanken 99) of wheat (...
The biosynthesis of wax components containing secondary functional groups was investigated in the cu...
Aerial surfaces of plants are covered by a waxy cuticle protecting plants from excessive water loss ...
Fig. 4. Chain-length distribution of the very-long-chain (VLC) aliphatic compounds of leaf cuticular...
We investigated the thermotropic phase behavior of plant leaf intracuticular wax and two representat...
The cuticle is an external barrier of aerial plant organs that prevents desiccation. It is composed ...
Plant cuticles form an external barrier, primarily blocking water loss into the desiccating atmosphe...
The cuticle of all higher-plants is covered in lipidic layers of amorphous and crystalline waxes. Th...
This research examines the annual evolution and composition of soluble cuticular waxes of Actinidia ...
Analysis of cuticular wax from Kalanchoe daigremontiana leaves was performed to identify the constit...
The aim was to quantify the softening effect that two surfactants (C10EO7 and C8G1.6) have on a plan...
Plants coat themselves in a cuticle to hinder transpiration across the vast surface areas they requi...
Cuticular wax, the first protective layer of above ground tissues of many plant species, is a key ev...
Plant cuticles are the interface for plant-environment interactions, and the first barrier protectin...
The chemical composition of cuticular waxes and pigments and the morphological features of cork oak...
The glossy varieties (A14 and Jing 2001) and glaucous varieties (Fanmai 5 and Shanken 99) of wheat (...
The biosynthesis of wax components containing secondary functional groups was investigated in the cu...
Aerial surfaces of plants are covered by a waxy cuticle protecting plants from excessive water loss ...
Fig. 4. Chain-length distribution of the very-long-chain (VLC) aliphatic compounds of leaf cuticular...