Abstract
Abstract The analysis of the cytological effects of SO2, O3 or SO2/O3 exposure on the structure of spruce needles (Picea abies Karst.) revealed an extremely high amount of phenolic compounds in the vacuoles of the mesophyll cells of primary needles (see part 1 of this study). This observation prompted us to identify and quantify different spruce needle phenolics, their changing amount during SO2, O3, or SO2/O3 exposure as well as their effect on the adenylate energy charge (AEC) as an integrate stress index of the plant cell. Discontinuous fumigation with O3 combined with low constant-concentration exposure to SO2, overlapped by occasional peak concentration of SO2, seems to affect the phenolic metabolism and the adenylate energy charge the most. The high phytotoxicity of this fumigation pattern is indicated by a drastically reduced adenylate energy charge and extremely high levels of distinct intermediates of the phenolic pathway.
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Claims 2
Claim · model-written summary
Discontinuous O3 fumigation combined with low constant SO2 and occasional SO2 peaks drastically reduced the adenylate energy charge of spruce needles.
- Taxon
- Picea abies
Picea abiese0 - Organ / stage
- needlese0
- Treatment
- Discontinuous fumigation with O3 combined with low constant-concentration exposure to SO2, overlapped by occasional peak concentration of SO2e1
- Outcome
- adenylate energy chargee2
- Direction
- drastically reducede2
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Verbatim
e0“spruce needles (Picea abies Karst.)”
e1“Discontinuous fumigation with O3 combined with low constant-concentration exposure to SO2, overlapped by occasional peak concentration of SO2, seems to affect the phenolic metabolism and the adenylate energy charge the most”
e2“The high phytotoxicity of this fumigation pattern is indicated by a drastically reduced adenylate energy charge”
Claim · model-written summary
Discontinuous O3 fumigation combined with low constant SO2 and occasional SO2 peaks increased the levels of distinct phenolic pathway intermediates in spruce needles.
- Taxon
- Picea abies
Picea abiese0 - Organ / stage
- needlese0
- Treatment
- Discontinuous fumigation with O3 combined with low constant-concentration exposure to SO2, overlapped by occasional peak concentration of SO2e1
- Outcome
- distinct intermediates of the phenolic pathwaye2
- Direction
- higherinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“spruce needles (Picea abies Karst.)”
e1“Discontinuous fumigation with O3 combined with low constant-concentration exposure to SO2, overlapped by occasional peak concentration of SO2, seems to affect the phenolic metabolism and the adenylate energy charge the most”
e2“The high phytotoxicity of this fumigation pattern is indicated by a drastically reduced adenylate energy charge and extremely high levels of distinct intermediates of the phenolic pathway”
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