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The sulpholipids of plants I. The distribution of sulpholipids and phospholipids among the major plant classes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Rosemary Collier
Affiliation:
Cancer Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield 10
G. Y. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Cancer Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield 10

Extract

It is shown that sulpholipid is the predominant acetone-insoluble lipid of grass, sphagnum moss, Selaginella, and of some blue-green, green and brown algae.

This sulpholipid is separable into three entities by paper chromatography.

Phospholipid predominates over sulpholipid in red algae, fungi and the fluffy pericarp of the broad bean.

The sulpholipid in these plant tissues gives a single spot on paper chromatogram

A relationship between sulpholipids and photosynthesis is suggested.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1963

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