Sporopollenin Surface Characterization with Inverse Liquid Chromatography.

ABSTRACT: Pollen grains are microscopic particles with unique surface chemistries tuned by evolution to protect delicate genetic material. The exine is composed of a cross-linked material, sporopollenin, which is known to have a high modulus and to be highly resistant to chemical and oxidative degradation. Developing a quantitative understanding of sporopollenin surface chemistry and its interactions with other molecules is relevant to understanding sporopollenin's natural function as well as applications as an engineering material. By utilizing ragweed (A. artemisiifolia) pollen spores as a fixed phase, we describe a novel use of inverse liquid chromatography to probe the interactions of sporopollenin with organic compounds of varying polarity. By measuring capacity factors of probes at vari

SUBMITTER: Fadiran OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature