Enhancement in furanocoumarin content and phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity in developing seedlings of Psoralea corylifolia L. in response to gamma irradiation of seeds.

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Sumira Jan Mahmooduzzafar

Abstract

Gamma irradiation of seeds is known to be an important factor in stimulating biochemical and physiological processes. The aim of the present study was to investigate phenylpropanoids and associated enzymes responsible for the production of active metabolites. Furanocoumarin content was estimated in seeds of Psoralea corylifolia L. during two successive generations (G(1) and G(2)) where as phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activity was measured in leaves at different developmental stages of P. corylifolia L. raised from seeds irradiated with variable doses of gamma rays. Maximum accumulation of psoralen and isopsoralen was observed at 15 and 20 kGy doses during G(1) and G(2) generations, respectively. Psoralen proved to be the dominating metabolite in terms of its concentration, while isopsoralen was accumulated at relatively lower concentrations in successive generations. PAL activity was induced maximally following 15 and 20 kGy in G(1) plants and was preceded by psoralen and isopsoralen accumulation which peaked at the same dose rates in both generations. These effects were transmitted and prevalent in the next generation, that is, G(2) (indirectly irradiated). These long-term changes in plant metabolomics demonstrate genomic...Continue Reading

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