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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Caffeic acid ; allelopathy ; plant water balance ; photosynthesis ; chlorophyll fluorescence ; 13C carbon isotopes ; leafy spurge ; Euphorbia esula ; small everlasting ; Antennaria microphylla
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), a native perennial weed introduced from Eurasia around the turn of the century, disrupts natural and agroecosystems across much of the Northern Great Plains. While leafy spurge displaces many native plant species, it has been demonstrated that small everlasting (Antennaria microphylla), a native perennial, is allelopathic to leafy spurge. Caffeic acid (CA), one of three compounds isolated from small everlasting, inhibits leafy spurge seed germination, root elongation, and callus culture growth. This study investigated the mechanism of this interference at the whole-plant level. Results indicate that inhibition of growth in leafy spurge after exposure to CA is primarily due to a disruption of plant–water relations. Leafy spurge cuttings were propagated in 0.5 strength Hoagland's nutrient solution for 30 days. For treatments, six plants were transferred into nutrient medium amended with either 0.1 or 0.25 mM CA for a period of 30 days. To determine the effect of pH, two additional groups of six plants were grown in nutrient medium adjusted with HCl corresponding to pH levels of plants treated with CA (pH 5.5–5.8 for 0.1 mM CA and pH 4.5–4.8 for 0.25 mM CA). By day 12 of the treatment period, plants treated with both levels of CA had significantly higher leaf diffusive resistances than control plants. Plants grown at the corresponding pH levels experienced higher diffusive resistances later in the treatment period (day 21). Transpiration was similarly affected with treated plants showing relatively higher transpiration rates compared to controls. Chlorophyll fluorescence was significantly lower than controls in all treated plants by end of the treatment period. The stable carbon isotope ratio (13C:12C) in these plants was higher than controls. These data show that a disruption of plant water relations is the primary mechanism of plant growth inhibition.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Keywords: Imaging agents ; Lanthanides ; NMR spectroscopy ; DNA cleavage ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The hydration state of a series of [Ln(DO2A)(H2O)n]+ complexes in aqueous solution at pH = 6.4-7.0 was studied by measuring the lanthanide-induced 17O shifts (LIS) of water [Ln includes elements from Ce to Yb; DO2A = 1,7-bis(carboxymethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane]. Their contact contribution, obtained from Reilley plots, indicated a decrease in the inner-sphere water coordination number of the [Ln(DO2A)(H2O)n]+ complexes from n = 3 (Ce-Eu), to n = 2 (Tb-Yb). A temperature-dependent UV/Vis absorption study of the 578-582 nm 7F0 → 5D0 transition band of [Eu(DO2A)(H2O)n]+ in aqueous solution showed that this complex is present in an equilibrium between eight- and nine-coordinate species with n = 2 and n = 3, respectively. The hydration equilibrium parameters (2 ↔ 3), K2-3298 = 4.0 ± 0.2, ΔH2-30 = -12.1 ± 1 kJ mol-1 and ΔS2-30 = -28.9 ± 3 J mol-1 K-1,correspond to an average hydration number of 2.65-2.85 in the temperature range 273-363 K. A variable temperature, multiple field 17O NMR study combined with direct EPR measurements of the transverse electronic relaxation rates has been used to obtain the parameters characterizing water exchange, rotation and electronic relaxation, all influencing the proton relaxivity of [Gd(DO2A)(H2O)2-3]+. The small increase in the water exchange rate of [Gd(DO2A)(H2O)2-3]+ (kex298 = (10 ± 5) × 106s-1) relative to that of[Gd(DOTA)(H2O)]- (4.8 × 106 s-1) is a consequence of an unfavorable interplay of charge and hydration equilibria. The value of τR298 = 40 ± 1 ps is short, and the electronic relaxation rate (1/T2e ≍ 1.2 × 1010 s-1) is fast relative to [Gd(DOTA)(H2O)]- (1.3-2.4 × 109 s-1 for B = 0.34 T). These parameters negate to some extent the expected increase in proton relaxivity of the [Gd(DO2A)(H2O)2-3]+ complex.Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under -//_/_http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2005/2000/99338_s.pdf or from the author.
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