%0 Journal Article
%A Shieu-Yun Ma and Yung-Reui Chen
%T Effects of Copper on the Changes of Membrane Lipids, Photosynthetic Pigments and Thiol-containinng Compounds in Zinnia elegans Leaves
%D 1999
%J Taiwania
%V 44
%N 2
%P 259-270
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/136
%X Five-week-old plants of Zinnia elegans were grown in culture medium  containing 50 M CuSO4. Plasma membrane was isolated and purified from both leaves of control and susceptible plants with method of polyethylene glycol/dextrin two-phase partition system. The major fatty acids of plasma membrane were identified as palmitic acid (16 : 0), linoleic acid (18 : 2) and linolenic acid (18 : 3). The ratios of unsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids were reduced in copper-treated plants. The productions of lipid peroxides and nonprotein thiol-containing compound were obviously enhanced in copper-treated plants. Copper also caused the increment in chlorophyll content and total amounts of carotenoids in young leaves.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.1999.44(2).259