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Spricigo PC, Almeida LS, Ribeiro GH, Correia BSB, Taver IB, Jacomino AP, Colnago LA. Quality Attributes and Metabolic Profiles of Uvaia ( Eugenia pyriformis), a Native Brazilian Atlantic Forest Fruit. Foods 2023; 12:foods12091881. [PMID: 37174419 PMCID: PMC10177832 DOI: 10.3390/foods12091881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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The uvaia is a native Brazilian Atlantic Forest Myrtaceae fruit with a soft pulp, ranging from yellow to orange, with a sweet acidic flavor and sweet fruity aroma. Uvaias present consumption potential, but their physicochemical characteristics are still understudied. In this context, we describe herein the metabolites of uvaia that have been determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We screened 41 accessions and selected 10 accessions based on their diversity of physicochemical attributes, i.e., their fresh mass, height, diameter, yield, seed mass, total soluble solids, and titratable acidity. Twenty-six metabolites were identified, including sugars, acids, and amino acids. The results of this study comprise the most complete report on sugars and acids in uvaias. The relevant metabolites in terms of abundance were the reducing sugars glucose and fructose, as well as malic and citric acids. Furthermore, this study represents the first description of the uvaia amino acid profile and an outline of its metabolic pathways. Uvaia quality attributes differ among accessions, demonstrating high variability, diversity, and several possibilities in different economic areas. Our findings may help in future breeding programs in the selection of plant material for industries such as food and pharmaceuticals.
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- Poliana Cristina Spricigo
- Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, 11 Pádua Dias Ave., Piracicaba 13418-900, São Paulo, Brazil
- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal 14884-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 400 Trabalhador São Carlense Ave., São Carlos 13566-590, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 400 Trabalhador São Carlense Ave., São Carlos 13566-590, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, 48 Agro Food Park, 8200 Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark
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- Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, 11 Pádua Dias Ave., Piracicaba 13418-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, 11 Pádua Dias Ave., Piracicaba 13418-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentation, 1452 XV de Novembro Street, São Carlos 13560-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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Augustijn D, de Groot HJM, Alia A. HR-MAS NMR Applications in Plant Metabolomics. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26040931. [PMID: 33578691 PMCID: PMC7916392 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Metabolomics is used to reduce the complexity of plants and to understand the underlying pathways of the plant phenotype. The metabolic profile of plants can be obtained by mass spectrometry or liquid-state NMR. The extraction of metabolites from the sample is necessary for both techniques to obtain the metabolic profile. This extraction step can be eliminated by making use of high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR. In this review, an HR-MAS NMR-based workflow is described in more detail, including used pulse sequences in metabolomics. The pre-processing steps of one-dimensional HR-MAS NMR spectra are presented, including spectral alignment, baseline correction, bucketing, normalisation and scaling procedures. We also highlight some of the models which can be used to perform multivariate analysis on the HR-MAS NMR spectra. Finally, applications of HR-MAS NMR in plant metabolomics are described and show that HR-MAS NMR is a powerful tool for plant metabolomics studies.
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- Dieuwertje Augustijn
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;
- Correspondence: (D.A.); (A.A.)
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16–17, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence: (D.A.); (A.A.)
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de Oliveira CS, Lião LM, Alcantara GB. Metabolic response of soybean plants to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2019; 167:112099. [PMID: 31476575 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.112099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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White mold is a disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a highly destructive necrotrophic pathogen that infects soybean crops, among others. Usually, the infection triggers the plant defense system to minimize the damages. However, the effects of the infection on soybean plant metabolism are still unclear. In this work, the metabolic profiles of soybean stems and leaves were accessed using 1H HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy to identify metabolic changes as a response to S. sclerotiorum infection. This fungus widely affects the central metabolism of soybean plants, and most of the altered metabolites are involved in carbon metabolism, as suggested by the results. Furthermore, the metabolites of central metabolism can be associated with the production of several polyphenolic metabolites. Changes in metabolic profile of leaves indicate systemic effects.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande/MS, Brazil.
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Freitas DDS, Nunes WDS, do Prado Apparecido R, Lopes TIB, Alcantara GB. NMR-based approach reveals seasonal metabolic changes in mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.). MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2018; 56:311-320. [PMID: 29315783 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ilex paraguariensis (mate) is a species native to South America and is widely consumed in countries such Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. Mate consumption is associated with several phytotherapeutic functions, in addition to its cultural and regional importance. However, the harvest period can affect the properties of the mate, due to variations in the constituent proportions, as a consequence of seasonal changes. In this work, we employed nuclear magnetic resonance and chemometrics to evaluate the chemical variations in leaf extracts of I. paraguariensis over the four seasons of the year. We found significant changes in the levels of glucose, myo-inositol, caffeine, theobromine, and fatty acids. These changes can be related to resource allocation for the flowering period, or to responses to environmental stresses, such as temperature.
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- Deisy Dos Santos Freitas
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), CP 549, CEP, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), CP 549, CEP, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), CP 549, CEP, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), CP 549, CEP, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso do Sul, CEP, Aquidauana, MS, 79200-460, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), CP 549, CEP, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
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Pagter M, Yde CC, Kjær KH. Metabolic Fingerprinting of Dormant and Active Flower Primordia of Ribes nigrum Using High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning NMR. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:10123-10130. [PMID: 29083175 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Global warming may modify the timing of dormancy release and spring growth of buds of temperate fruit crops. Environmental regulation of the activity-dormancy cycle in perennial plants remains poorly understood at the metabolic level. Especially, the fine-scale metabolic dynamics in the meristematic zone within buds has received little attention. In this work we performed metabolic profiling of intact floral primordia of Ribes nigrum isolated from buds differing in dormancy status using high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR. The technique proved useful in monitoring different groups of metabolites, e.g., carbohydrates and amino acids, in floral primordia and allowed metabolic separation of primordia from endo- and ecodormant buds. In addition, due to its nondestructive character, HR-MAS NMR may provide novel insights into cellular compartmentation of individual biomolecules that cannot be obtained using liquid-state NMR. Out results show that HR-MAS NMR may be an important method for metabolomics of intact plant structures.
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- Majken Pagter
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University , Fredrik Bajers vej 7H, DK-9220, Aalborg East, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, Aarhus University , Kirstinebjergvej 10, DK-5792 Aarslev, Denmark
- DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS, Edwin Rahrs vej 38, DK-8220 Brabrand, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, Aarhus University , Kirstinebjergvej 10, DK-5792 Aarslev, Denmark
- Danish Technological Institute, Gregersensvej 1, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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Balestro GC, Higashi B, Lopes SMS, Gonçalves JE, Vieira LGE, de Oliveira AJB, Gonçalves RAC. Biochemical composition of symplastic sap from sugarcane genetically modified to overproduce proline. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 113:133-140. [PMID: 28213180 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Global interest in sugarcane has increased significantly in recent years because of its economic impact on sustainable energy production. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate changes in the concentrations of total sugars, amino acids, free proline, and total proteins by colorimetric analyses and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to perform a metabolic profiling of a water-soluble fraction of symplastic sap in response to the constitutive expression of a mutant Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) gene from Vigna aconitifolia. However, there was not a significant increase in the free proline content in the sap of transgenic plants compared to the non-transformed control plants. The most noticeable difference between the two genotypes was an almost two-fold increase in the accumulation of sucrose in the stem internodes of P5CS transgenic sugarcane plants. The results presented in this work showed that transgenic sugarcane plants with increased levels of free proline accumulates high soluble sugar content and, therefore, may represent a novel genotype for improving sugarcane cultivars.
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- Graciele Carraro Balestro
- Department of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87.020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87.020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87.020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Master in Health Promotion and Program of Master in Clean Technologies, University Center of Maringá, Avenida Guedner, 1610, 87050-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE), Rodovia Raposo Tavares, km 572, 19.067-175 Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87.020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87.020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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Augustijn D, Roy U, van Schadewijk R, de Groot HJM, Alia A. Metabolic Profiling of Intact Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves during Circadian Cycle Using 1H High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning NMR. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163258. [PMID: 27662620 PMCID: PMC5035067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis thaliana is the most widely used model organism for research in plant biology. While significant advances in understanding plant growth and development have been made by focusing on the molecular genetics of Arabidopsis, extracting and understanding the functional framework of metabolism is challenging, both from a technical perspective due to losses and modification during extraction of metabolites from the leaves, and from the biological perspective, due to random variation obscuring how well the function is performed. The purpose of this work is to establish the in vivo metabolic profile directly from the Arabidopsis thaliana leaves without metabolite extraction, to reduce the complexity of the results by multivariate analysis, and to unravel the mitigation of cellular complexity by predominant functional periodicity. To achieve this, we use the circadian cycle that strongly influences metabolic and physiological processes and exerts control over the photosynthetic machinery. High resolution-magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR) was applied to obtain the metabolic profile directly from intact Arabidopsis leaves. Combining one- and two-dimensional 1H HR-MAS NMR allowed the identification of several metabolites including sugars and amino acids in intact leaves. Multivariate analysis on HR-MAS NMR spectra of leaves throughout the circadian cycle revealed modules of primary metabolites with significant and consistent variations of their molecular components at different time points of the circadian cycle. Since robust photosynthetic performance in plants relies on the functional periodicity of the circadian rhythm, our results show that HR-MAS NMR promises to be an important non-invasive method that can be used for metabolomics of the Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with altered physiology and photosynthetic efficiency.
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- D. Augustijn
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, POB 9502, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, POB 9502, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, POB 9502, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, POB 9502, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, POB 9502, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16–18, D-04107, Leipzig, Germany
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