Steroidal glycoside profile differences among primary roots system and adventitious roots in Solanum dulcamara.

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Main conclusion

Solanum dulcamara primary and adventitious roots showed qualitative and quantitative differences in their steroidal glycosides profile. This opened new venues to evaluate the bioactivity of these molecules in belowground ecosystems. The Solanum genus is characterized by the presence of steroidal glycosides (SGs) that confer herbivore resistance and serve as drug precursors in the pharmaceutical industry. Solanum dulcamara is a self-compatible, sexually reproducing species that produces seeds after buzz-pollination. In addition, primordia on the stem facilitate clonal propagation via adventitious root (AR) formation. ARs contain aerenchyma being developmentally and morphologically different from primary roots (PRs). Therefore, we hypothesized that ARs and PRs have di

SUBMITTER: Chiocchio I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature