Claim · model-written summary
Fatty acid accumulation proceeded at a faster rate in anemochorous than in zoochorous species as seed mass increased.
- Taxon
- tree speciese0
- Material
- anemochorous speciese2
- Outcome
- accumulation of FAse2
- Direction
- faster ratee2
- Qualifier
- On a log10 scale, as the seed increased in masse2
- Comparator
- zoochorous speciese2
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Verbatim
e0“We analysed the transesterified FA profile from seeds of 22 anemochorous and zoochorous tree species from the Cerrado savannas of Central Brazil”
e2“On a log10 scale, as the seed increased in mass, accumulation of FAs tends to proceed at a faster rate in anemochorous species than in zoochorous species”
Title
Augusto Cesar Franco; Risolandia Bezerra de Melo; Cristiane Silva Ferreira; et al. AoB Plants 2023. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad042
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Fifteen different fatty acids were identified in seeds of the tree species.
- Observation Fatty acids were an important seed source of carbon and energy for most tree species.
- Observation Oleic, linoleic and linolenic tended to be the predominant unsaturated fatty acids across tree species.
- Observation Oleic acid was more than 60% of total fatty acids in seeds of Kielmeyera coriacea, Qualea dichotoma and Triplaris americana.
- Observation Linoleic acid was more than 50% of total fatty acids in seeds of Dalbergia miscolobium, Parkia platycephala and Ferdinandusa elliptica.
- Observation Linolenic acid was the dominant fatty acid component in seeds of Inga cylindrica.
- Observation Palmitic and stearic acids were the dominant saturated fatty acids across tree species.
- Observation Lauric acid was 68% of total fatty acids in seeds of Qualea grandiflora.
- Association As seed mass increased, seeds became increasingly richer in saturated fatty acids.
- Observation Zoochorous species had seed triacylglycerols with a higher proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids.