Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive method for analysing herbarium specimens.

ABSTRACT: Dried plant specimens stored in herbaria are an untapped treasure chest of information on environmental conditions, plant evolution and change over many hundreds of years. Owing to their delicate nature and irreplaceability, there is limited access for analysis to these sensitive samples, particularly where chemical data are obtained using destructive techniques. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a chemical analysis technique which can be applied non-destructively to understand chemical bonding information and, therefore, functional groups within the sample. This provides the potential for understanding geographical, spatial and species-specific variation in plant biochemistry. Here, we demonstrate the use of mid-FTIR microspectroscopy for the chemical analysis of Droser

SUBMITTER: Barnes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031417 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature