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IRIS / ANTIOXIDANTS / MINERAL CONTENT / GEOCHEMICAL PECULIARITIES / ИРИСЫ / АНТИОКСИДАНТЫ / МИНЕРАЛЬНЫЙ СОСТАВ / ГЕОХИМИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ

Аннотация научной статьи по биологическим наукам, автор научной работы — Golubkina Nadezhda Alexandrovna, Startseva Larisa Vsevolodovna, Ulanovskaya Irina Vladimirovna, Sheynina Alexandra Leonidovna, Molchanova Anna Vladimirovna

Climate and geochemical environment are known to affect greatly mineral composition and antioxidant activity of plants. Comparative evaluation of antioxidant activity and antioxidants and trace elements content in garden irises grown in two contrasting climatic zones (the Moscow region and the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens) was achieved. Despite close content of phenolics in roots, leaves and petals, petals antioxidant activity (AOA) was significantly higher in the Crimean cultivars. Contrary to garden irises Iris pseudacorus demonstrated significantly higher AOA in roots. Element composition of iris roots indicated strong mineral loading at the seacoast with the highest intervarietal differences in accumulation levels of Fe in irises of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (CV 49.3%) and Zn in plants of the Moscow region (CV 44.1%). A negative correlation was revealed between AOA of roots, leaves, petals of the Northern irises with copper content in roots and between leaves phenolics and Zn of the Southern irises.

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Текст научной работы на тему «BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MINERAL COMPOSITION OF IRIS × HYBRIDA HORT. GROWN IN CONTRASTING CLIMATIC ZONES»

БИОХИМИЯ И ФИЗИОЛОГИЯ

УДК 582.572.7:577.1:727.64

DOI: 10.36305/0513-1634-2020-135-57-65

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MINERAL COMPOSITION OF IRIS x HYBRIDA HORT. GROWN IN CONTRASTING CLIMATIC ZONES

Nadezhda Alexandrovna Golubkina1, Larisa Vsevolodovna Startseva1, Irina Vladimirovna Ulanovskaya2, Alexandra Leonidovna Sheynina2, Andrey Alexandrovich Koshevarov1, Anna Vladimirovna Molchanova1, Gennady Dmitrievich Levko1, Gianluca Caruso3

federal scientific center of vegetable production, Selectsionnaya 14, VNIISSOK, Odintsovo

district, Moscow region 143072, Russia

2 The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, Yalta, Republic of the Crimea, Russia 298648,

E-mail: flowersnbs@mail.ru

-'Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (Naples), Italy

Climate and geochemical environment are known to affect greatly mineral composition and antioxidant activity of plants. Comparative evaluation of antioxidant activity and antioxidants and trace elements content in garden irises grown in two contrasting climatic zones (the Moscow region and the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens) was achieved. Despite close content of phenolics in roots, leaves and petals, petals antioxidant activity (AOA) was significantly higher in the Crimean cultivars. Contrary to garden irises Iris pseudacorus demonstrated significantly higher AOA in roots. Element composition of iris roots indicated strong mineral loading at the seacoast with the highest intervarietal differences in accumulation levels of Fe in irises of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (CV 49.3%) and Zn in plants of the Moscow region (CV 44.1%). A negative correlation was revealed between AOA of roots, leaves, petals of the Northern irises with copper content in roots and between leaves phenolics and Zn of the Southern irises.

Keywords: iris; antioxidants; mineral content; geochemical peculiarities

Introduction

The genus of irises combining about 260 species is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Some types of irises are found in wetlands, most of them live in the desert, semi-desert and dry, rocky habitats. Irises are highly valuable in landscape gardening, medicine, perfumery and food industry. Iris rhizomes are used as flavorings for confectionery and spices. Jam from petals of iris is popular in Azerbaijan. Essential oil from iris rhizomes is especially valuable in production of top-quality perfumes. In aromatherapy, the "iris root" is used as a sedative. Essential oil of iris rhizomes (constituting about 0.1%), improves immunity and has a generative effect [4]. Biologically active compounds of irises demonstrate anticancer, antibacterial and antiviral effects [16] Recent studies indicate high prospects of irises utilization in production of antioxidants supplements, anti-carcinogenic, antiulcer, anti-mutagenic and antimicrobial substances [10, 14, 15].

More than 30 iris species are widely used in traditional medicine of India [2] and China [16]. All parts of irises (rhizomes, leaves and petals) demonstrate antibacterial activity [10]. Leaves mixed with salt, sugar and other spices are used in the treatment of skin diseases. Iris ensata is used in India as an anti-helminthic and diuretic drug, and mixed with other spices - for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases [2]

Flavonoids and their glycosides, triterpenoids, anthocyanins, benzoquinones, and stilbene glycosides are distinguished among biologically active iris compounds [5].

Despite high medicinal value of irises, their utilization in Russia is mostly restricted to landscape gardening. Besides this, wide spectrum of Russian iris cultivars is poorly characterized giving no opportunity to reveal the most interesting cultivars with high antioxidant activity. Taking into account that biogeochemical characteristics of habitat greatly affect both mineral composition and concentration of biologically active compounds in medicinal plants, the aim of the present investigation was comparative evaluation of antioxidant status and element composition of irises grown in two contrasting climatic zones of Russia: the Moscow region and the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (Crimea).

Materials and Methods

Ten cultivars grown at experimental fields of Federal Scientific Center of Vegetable Production (Moscow region) and 7 cultivars of the Nikitsky Botanic Gardens' collection (Crimea) were used for evaluation of geochemical effect on iris biochemistry. The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' collection was presented by the following cultivars: 'Blue Crusader', 'Lotus land', 'Pink Bell', 'Golden Panther', 'Back in Black', 'Beverly Sills' and 'Salsa Rio'. Collection of the Federal Scientific Center of Vegetable Production included the following cultivars: 'Brown Lusso', 'Steping out', 'Zharok', 'Breeze', 'Sirenevy venochek', 'Giraffic', 'Purple Undersized', 'Olympic', 'White Dwarf, 'Irlev'. For comparison, Iris pseudacorus plants were gathered in the suburbs of Moscow. Climate peculiarities of experimental fields in the Moscow region and the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens are presented in Table 1.

Table 1

Climate-geographical differences of experimental fields in the Moscow region and the Nikitsky Botanical

Gardens

Parameter Moscow region Nikitsky Botanical Gardens

Coordinates 55°39.51'N; 37°12.23'E 44°30,725'; 34°14.089' E

Mean annual temperature 4.7°C 13.2°C

Sunshine duration 1600 2252

Mean annual rainfall, mm 674 578

Frost-free period, days 120-140 256

Iris leaves, petals and roots were gathered at the beginning of June in the Moscow region and in May in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens. After harvesting, leaves, roots and petals were separated. Roots were washed with distilled water and dried at filter paper. Samples were cut with plastic knife to thin slices, dried to constant weight at 70 °C and homogenized. The resulting powder samples were kept in hermetically closed plastic bags until the analysis.

Polyphenols were determined in 70% ethanolic extracts, using Folin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method as described in [8]. The results were calculated as mg-eq Gallic acid per g d.w. (mg GAE/g d.w.) using standard curve built with 5 concentrations of Gallic acid (0-80 |ig/ml).

The antioxidant activity (AOA) of iris roots, leaves and petals was assessed using redox titration method [8], via titration of 0.01 N KMnC>4 solution with ethanolic extracts of iris. Reduction of KMnC>4 to colorless Mn+2 in this process reflects the amount of antioxidants dissolvable in 70 % ethanol. The values were expressed in mg GAE/g d.w.

Nitrates were assessed using ion selective electrode by ionomer Expert-001 (Econix, Russia).

Total dissolved solids (TDS) were determined in water extracts of iris roots, leaves and petals (lg of dry power in 50 ml of distilled water) using portable conductometer TDS-3 (HM Digital, Inc., Seoul, Korea). The results were calculated in mg per g of dry weight.

Element composition was determined using AAS spectrophotometer Shimatsu 7000 after wet digestion of samples at 25-425 °C.

Data were processed by analysis of variance and mean separations were performed through the Duncan multiple range test, with reference to 0.05 probability level, using SPSS software version 21. Data expressed as percentage were subjected to angular transformation before processing.

Results and Discussion

Tables 1,2 represent antioxidant activity of roots, leaves and petals of Iris x hybrida hort. and Iris pseudacorus grown in the Moscow region and in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens. The results indicate low inter-varietal differences in AOA value for plants grown both in moderate climate and in the South. Higher variations in AOA of petals may reflect great differences in pigments composition.

Petals and leaves of Iris x hybrida hort. from the Moscow region demonstrated significantly higher levels of AOA compared to AOA of wild type Iris pseudacorus while roots of decorative forms possessed lower AOA value. It seems significant that concentration of polyphenols in decorative and wild iris roots, leaves and petals are practically similar. Iris pseudacorus is known to inhabit terrestrial and temporarily flooded sites. This plant is valuable for phytoremediation due to high ability to remove organic matter [1] and heavy metals [3, 6, 7].

Table 2

Antioxidant activity (AOA) and polyphenol content (PP) in roots, leaves and petals of iris grown in

contrasting climatic zones

Cultivar Roots Leaves Petals

AOA PP AOA PP AOA PP

Moscow region

'Irlev' 48.3±3.6a 25.0±1.3c 48.5±3.6c 27.1±1.4 94.0±8.1d 24.2±1.3b

'White Dwarf' 34.3±2.6b 22.8±1.2c 42.2±3.4c 19.8±l.lb 92.0±8.0d 26.6±1.4b

'Purple Undersized' 36.6±2.7b 19.9±l.la 45.8±3.5cd 20.0±l.lb 75.0±6. lc 20.8±l.lc

'Olympic' 51.2±4.5a 25.7±1.3b 49.0±4.2c 20.1±l.lb 62.5±5.2c 24.2±1.3ab

'Sirenevy Venochek' 35.8±2.7b 25.4±1.3b 46.5±3.5cd 24.4±1.3c 59.1±5. lb 24.2±1.3ab

'Giraffic' 35.2±2.7b 19.9±l.la 48.3±3.6c 21.4±l.lb 58,4±5. lb 23.5±1.3a

'Breeze' 33.8±2.6b 25.4±1.3b 38.4±2.8b 20.2±1.2b 57,6±4.7b 20.9±l.lc

'Zharok' 38.9±2.8b 20.6±1.2a 39.6±2.9bd 18.7±l.la 57,l±4.6b 23.3±1.3a

'Steping Out' 35.1±2.7b 20.6±1.2a 34.5±2.6b 20.2±1.2b 51,5±4.2b 25.4±1.3ab

'Brown Lasso' 35.1±2.8b 19.4±l.la 35.3±2.8b 17.5±1.0a 43,5±3.4a 24.5±1.3ab

M±SD 38.4±4.6 22.5±2.4 42.9±4.9 20.9± 67.2±13.0 23.7±1.3

CV, % 12.0 10.7 11.4 10.0 19.3 5.5

Iris pseudacorus 46.9±2.8a 25.0±1.4c 27.1±l.le 19.8±1.0b 30.9±1.8e 23.3±l.lab

Nikitsky Botanical Gardens

'Back in Black' 39.7±1.6c 17.7±0.6a 60.7±2.9a 21.8±0.9ac 91.4±3.7d 24.1±0.9c

'Blue Crusader' 58.5±2.8a 18.4±0.8a 62.3±3.0a 20.8±0.9abc 73.1±3.5a 20.6±0.7a

'Salsa Rio' 42.6±1.7c 20.4±0.9c 50.2±2.3b 20.8±0.9abc 65.0±2.6c 23.0±0.8c

'Pink Belle' 61.3±3.0a 23.8±0.9 35.7±1.3 21.3±0.9ac 62.6±2.6c 22.0±0.8a

'Lotus Land' 58.7±2.9a 16.6±0.6b 49.4±2.2b 19.8±0.7b 56.0±2.5b 18.1±0.6b

'Beverly Sills' 53.0±2.3b 16.9±0.5b 51.0±2.5b 23. l±0.8c 56. l±2.4b 19.7±0.6d

'Golden Panther' 51.6±2.3b 18.6±0.7ac 47.2±2. lb 19.8±0.7b 55.3±2.4b 23.8±0.9c

M±SD 52.2±6.5 18.9±1.8 50.9±6.1 21.1±0.9 65.6±9.5 21.6±1.8

CV, % 12.5 9.5 12.0 4.3 14.5 8.3

Within each column, values followed by different letters are significantly different according to Duncan

test at P<0.05 (PP- polyphenols)

Table 2 and Fig. 1 data indicate that differences in AOA between Iris x hybrida hort. and Iris pseudocorus reached 140.8-304 % for petals, 123.2-185.9% for leaves, and 72.1-109% for roots.

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Taking into account medicinal importance of iris roots several cultivars should be distinguished with significantly higher AOA They are 'Olympic' and Trlev' cvs in the Moscow region's collection and all cultivars studied in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens except 'Back in Black' and 'Salsa Rio' cultivars.

In general, comparing of root, leaves and petals AOA in iris of the Northern and the Southern habitats one may indicate similar AOA values for petals but much higher AOA of roots in plants grown in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (Fig.2).

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The highest differences in AOA for Northern and Southern irises were demonstrated for roots (35.9%; p<0.001). Much lower differences were registered for leaves (18.6%; p<0.01) while petals AOA was similar (p>0.5). Higher levels of AOA in roots of irises from the Southern habitat than from the North may be connected with the known fact that salt

stress (which is common to the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' area due to bordering to the sea) increases antioxidant content in plants [11].

Among Iris x hybrid hort. and Iris pseudocorus of the Moscow region one may indicate three groups of plants:

1) Iris pseudocorus with the highest root AO A; 2) 'Brown lusso', 'Steping out', 'Zharok', 'Olympic' and 'Irlev' varieties with similar AOA of roots and leaves; and 3) 'Breeze', 'Sirenevy venochek', 'Giraffic', 'Purple undersized', 'White Dwarf cultivars with distinct higher AOA in leaves compared to roots.

For the Northern habitat leaves and petals AOA were closely connected which was reflected in high correlation coefficient (r=0.82; P<0.01). Similar high relationship was demonstrated between polyphenols and AOA for roots, leaves and petals of the Northern iris (Table 3).

On the contrary, iris of the Southern habitat recorded no significant correlations for most of investigated parameters, except leaves/petals AOA with significant positive relationship (Table 3).

It is known that altitude significantly and negatively correlates with the content of tannin (P<0.05). Annual sunshine duration and altitude are significantly and positively correlated to the flavonoids, rutin content and antioxidant activity (P<0.05). Annual mean temperature significantly and negatively correlates to the content of total phenolics, while altitude significantly and positively correlates to the content of total phenolics (P<0.05) Temperature and amount of sunny days are known to determine the levels of polyphenols and antioxidants accumulation [9].

Lack of correlations between leaves/petals polyphenols in iris of both habitats was in good agreement with the appropriate data obtained earlier for the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' collection of roses [12]. Furthermore the data presented in Tables 1, 2 indicate that leaves/petals phenolics ratio may be higher or lower that 1.

Nitrates are the main nitrogen source for most of terrestrial pants. N is an essential element and signal molecule, participating in plant metabolism, growth, development and in adaptation to the environmental factors [13]. Essentiality of nitrogen determines the existence of strict metabolic control of nitrates and other N-containing compounds levels in plants. Nitrates are concentrated mostly in vacuoles from where they are transported via xylem. Xylem transports water and nutrients from roots to leaves while phloem transports products of photosynthesis from leaves to plant growth centers. This determines nitrates distribution between leaves and storage organs, such as seeds and tubers (roots) resulting in predominant accumulation of nitrates in leaves and lower concentration in storage organs.

Table 3

Nitrates and TDS accumulation by roots, leaves and petals of iris grown in contrasting climatic zones

Cultivar Nitrates, mg/kg c .w. TDS, mg/g d.w.

Roots Leaves Petals Roots Leaves Petals

1 2 o J 4 5 6 7

Moscow region

'Irlev' 1131a 3452a 2059ac 22.2a 62.8a 32.5ac

'White Dwarf' 388c 2400b 2394ab 7.9d 48.0b 42.6b

'Purple Undersized' 592b 2722b 2414ab 12.6b 52.9ab 46.6b

'Olympic' 538b 2538b 2486b 9.4c 51.6b 49.8b

'Sirenevy Venochek' 405c 2877b 2000ac 8.8cd 60.3a 37.7a

'Giraffic' 357cd 2907b 2684b 7.5de 52,3ba 44.6b

'Breeze' 309d 2358b 2009a 6.8e 44.8c 38.0a

'Zharok' 375c 2397b 1942c 7.6d 44.9bc 37.6a

'Steping out' 313d 1855c 141 Id 6.0e 37.7c 29.9c

Continuation of table 3

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'Brown Lasso' 541b 2405b 2500b 10.9bc 41.7b 45.1b

Mean 495 2591 2190 10.0 49.7 40.4

SD 164 319 306 3.2 6.3 5.3

CV, % 33.1 12.3 14.0 32.0 12.7 13.1

Iris pseudacorus 1296 4340 2642 24,7 78,8 49,8

Nikitsky Botanical Gardens

'Back in Black' 1160c 2020b 4380a 25.7c 51.8b 86.8b

'Blue Crusader' 980c 2620a 3740c 21.1c 58.3a 80.8bc

'Salsa Rio' 910c 2120b 3080bd 23.1c 44.6b 67.9cd

'Pink Belle' 1640b 2650a 3280b 32.0b 58.9a 76. lbc

'Lotus Land' 1580b 1970b 3980ac 34.5b 43.3b 81.1b

'Beverly Sills' 620d 2100b 261 Od 23c 47.9b 62.7d

'Golden Panther' 2180a 2800a 4810a 46.9a 57.1a 109.4a

Mean 1296 2326 3697 29.5 51.7 80.7

SD 432 312 606 7.1 5.5 10.1

CV, % 33.3 13.4 16.4 24.1 10.6 12.5

Within each column, values followed by different letters are significantly different according to Duncan test at P<0.05

There are two peculiarities in nitrates accumulation by iris of the Northern and Southern regions: 1) levels of nitrates in roots of plants from the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens were 2.6 times higher than in conditions of the Moscow region; 2) while nitrate concentrations in the Southern irises decrease according to: petals>leaves>roots, in the Northern hemisphere other consequence is typical: leaves>petals>roots (Fig.3a). The latter is true also for Iris pseudacorus. The phenomenon may reflect easier transport of nutrients in warm climate compared to more severe conditions of vegetation.

The same pattern may be indicated for the levels of TDS accumulation (Tables 3; Fig. 3b). The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' cultivars demonstrated 3 times higher levels of TDS in roots and two times higher- in petals compared to the appropriate data for plants, grown in the Moscow region.

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Besides, a direct correlation between nitrates and TDS content was revealed for leaves, roots and petals of irises (r=+0.96, PO.OOl; r= +0.99, P<0.001; and r=+0.90, P<0.01 accordingly).

The highest variations in nitrates accumulation were registered for roots of plants grown in the Southern (CV=33.3%) and Northern (r=33.1%) regions.

In a whole, among the Moscow region's irises the most interesting one seems to be 'Irlev' cv with the highest levels of TDS in roots, leaves and petals and high concentrations of phenolic in leaves and petals. Among the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' collection 'Golden Panther' is distinguished by high TDS and AOA values while 'Back in Black' cv occupies the first place on the AOA level of petals.

Comparison of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn and Pb content in roots of iris from the Northern and Southern habitat indicates significantly higher plants loading with the above elements in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, which is, undoubtedly, connected with the vicinity of the sea in the latter case. Indeed, the process of macro- and trace elements transport from the sea surface with aerosols is known to be typical especially for the Southern regions with high temperature and intensive sunshine. Thus, mean levels of Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn accumulation by irises in the Southern hemisphere are 1.5-2.6 times higher than the appropriate values for irises from the Moscow region (Table 4).

Table 4

Element composition of iris roots (mg/kg d.w.)

Cultivar Fe Cu Zn Pb Mn

Moscow region

'Irlev' 110a 2.1a 3.2a 1.8a 4.9a

'White Dwarf' 109a 2.5ac 2.8a 2.3b 4.7a

'Purple Undersized' 28b 1.6b 1.5b 0.7c 2.7c

'Olympic' 85ce 1.8b 2.1c 1.8a 4.0ad

'Sirenevy Venochek' 64de 2.6ac 8.Id 1.4de 3.7d

'Giraffic' 55d 3cd 3.9e 1.3d 3.2c

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'Breeze' 7Le 3.4d 4.21e 1.6ae 4.9ab

'Zharok' 71e 2.6a 5.If l.Of 5.0b

'Steping Out' 117a 3.5d 2.4c 2.5b 4.5a

'Brown Lasso' 76ec 3.8d 1.7b 2.5b 8.8f

M±SD 79±23 2.6±0.5 3.4±1.5 1.7±0.5 4.6±1.1

CV, % 29.1 19.2 44.1 29.4 23.9

Nikitsky Botanical Gardens

'Back in Black' 78a 4.9a 5.5a 0.7a 4.5a

'Blue Crusader' 274b 4.1a 4b 1.0b 6.7b

'Salsa Rio' 396c 8.4b 5.2a 1.8c 9.8c

'Pink Belle' 293b 3.9c 5.2a 1.3d 6.9b

'Lotus Land' 224d 5.9d 6.9c 2c 6.4b

'Beverly Sills' 76a 2.8e 2.4d 1.8c 4.8a

'Golden Panther' lile 4.5a 5.7a 1.8c 8.2c

M±SD 207±102 4.9±1.3 5.0±1.0 1.5±0.4 6.7±1.3

CV, % 49.3 26.5 20.0 26.7 19.4

Within each column, values followed by different letters are significantly different according to Duncan test at P<0.05

Special attention should be payed to high variations of Fe content in the Southern flowers and Zn- in irises of the North. In this connection, 'Salsa Rio' cv of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens demonstrated the highest levels of Fe, Cu and Mn accumulation, white 'Sirenevy venochek' cv of the Moscow region dominated in the amount of Zn level.

Analyzing relationship between the parameters investigated one may indicate that for both habitats a significant positive correlation exists between nitrates and TDS in leaves, roots and petals (Table 5). On the other hand, it seems obvious that Northern and Southern environment greatly affect other links between the parameters. Thus, a strong negative correlation between root Zn and leaves polyphenols is registered only for the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens' irises. In the Northern habitat a strong positive correlation was revealed between TDS and AOA and polyphenols in iris leaves and no appropriate relationship seems to exist in the Southern area. Other relationships with lower statistical significance (p<0.05) need further investigations due to relatively small number of samples in the present research.

Table 5

Correlations for iris plants grown in contrasting climatic zones

AOA-r PP-r AOA-1 PP-1 AOA-p PP-p N-r N-l N-p TDS-r TDS-1 TDS-p Fe Cu Zn Pb Mil

AOA-r 1 .206 -.428 -.208 -.555 -.654 .275 .450 -.153 .210 .341 -.031 .174 -.475 -.039 .223 -.055

PP-r .489 1 -.667 -.045 -.032 .381 .233 .503 -.229 .056 .465 -.100 .585 .103 .084 -.158 .452

AOA-1 .571 .412 1 .123 .627 .025 -.481 -.305 .228 -.490 -.094 .039 -.247 .035 -.202 -.479 -.323

PP-1 .399 .563 .607 1 .245 -.025 -.724 -.322 -.641 -.626 -.046 -.634 -.361 -.477 -.802 -.288 -.604

AOA-p .332 .331 .521 .531 1 .479 -.290 -.215 .262 -.461 .188 .043 -.117 .066 .035 -.93 -.363

PP-p .176 .139 -.004 .110 .126 1 .253 .320 .404 .196 .398 .450 -.068 .203 .128 -.427 .285

N-r .665 .245 .451 .634 .588 -.005 1 .547 .729 .947 .382 .831 -.098 -.016 .692 .182 .287

N-l .449 .318 .794 .774 .539 -.121 .744 1 .292 .457 .879 .532 .102 -.359 -.060 -.129 .355

N-p .116 -.141 .498 -.182 .145 -.083 .118 .393 1 .661 .318 .944 -.349 .041 .646 -.230 .020

TDS-r .580 .215 .443 .653 .599 -.072 .992 .777 .121 1 .233 .801 -.267 -.098 -.066 -.561 .566 .393 .252

TDS-1 .468 .510 .876 .834 .580 -.004 .626 .925 .278 .653 1 .472 -.158 -.551 -.032

TDS-p .125 -.132 .361 -.452 -.065 -.117 -.120 .065 .882 -.137 .058 1 -.357 -.083 .519 -.100 .140

Fe-r .251 .281 -.272 .204 .266 .699 .195 -.206 -.467 .125 -.189 -.549 1 .641 .218 .137 .727

Cu-r -.610 -.304 -.775 -.353 -.648 .087 -.464 -.510 -.278 -.450 -.657 -.334 .233 1 .544 .264 .688

Zn-r -.265 .306 .032 .330 -.323 .110 -.231 .200 -.205 -.182 .308 -.281 -.161 .297 1 .119 .315

Pb-r -.044 .038 -.501 -.137 -.091 .671 -.013 -.403 -.196 -.070 -.436 -.228 .791 .554 -.219 1 .427

Mn-r -.102 -.199 -.627 -.362 -.338 .218 .101 -.240 .014 .086 -.444 -.045 ,323 .618 .100 .628 1

White background- Moscow region; grey background- Nikitsky Botanical Gardens. Abbreviations: AOA-antioxidant activity; PP- polyphenols; r-roots; 1-leaves; p-petals; N-nitrates

Conclusion

The first assessment of accumulation levels and distribution of antioxidants and minerals between the organs of decorative irises of different habitat supposes prospects of further investigations in plants utilization not only for decorative purposes, but also in medicine, indicating higher roots AOA and mineral content of the Crimean irises.

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Известно, что климат и геохимические особенности места произрастания значительно влияют на элементный состав и антиоксидантную активность растений. Проведена сравнительная оценка антиоксидантной активности статуса и содержания антиоксидантов и минералов в садовых ирисах, выращенных в двух контрастных зонах (Московская область и Никитский ботанический сад). При сравнительно сходных уровнях накопления полифенолов в корневищах, листьях и лепестках растения Южного берега Крыма отличались существенно более высокой антиоксидантной активностью лепестков. По сравнению с садовыми ирисами Iris pseudacorus характеризовался существенно более высокими уровнями АОА в корневищах. Анализ элементного состава корневищ выявил более мощную нагрузку минералами в условиях Южного берега Крыма при наибольших различиях в коэффициенте вариации для Fe у ирисов Никитского ботанического Сада (CV 49,3%) и Zn у ирисов Московской области (CV 44,1%). Выявлена отрицательная корреляция между АОА корневищ, листьев и лепестков и содержанием Си в корневищах ирисов Северного региона и между содержание полифенолов и цинка листьев ирисов Московской области.

Ключевые слова: ирисы; антиоксид анты; минеральный состав; геохимические особенности

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