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Phenolic compounds of the inner bark of Betula pendula: seasonal and genetic variation and induction by wounding.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Nov 2012
Liimatainen Jaana, Karonen Maarit, Sinkkonen Jari, Helander Marjo, Salminen Juha-Pekka
Abstract excerpt
The contents of individual phenolic compounds in the inner bark of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) were analyzed by HPLC-DAD. Samples from 21 mature trees originating from three micropropagated parent trees were collected six times over a 1-year period. Significant seasonal variation in the quantities of ten compounds and four chromatographically unresolved compound pairs was found. A majority of the compounds...
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