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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms Mediated by Allelochemical Isoliquiritigenin on the Growth of Lettuce Seedlings.

Shuang Zhang, Shi-Wei Sun, Hai-Lin Shi, Ke Zhao, Jin Wang, Yang Liu, Xiao-Hong Liu, Wei Wang

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shuang Zhang
Shi-Wei Sun
Hai-Lin ShiDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Ke ZhaoDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Jin WangDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Xiao-Hong LiuDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Natural Medicine and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Qingdao University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2018BD030 and ZR2016HB22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isoliquiritigenin, a natural chalcone-type flavonoid, has been recognized as an allelochemical with phytotoxicity to lettuce; however, not enough attention has been paid to the mechanisms of this secondary metabolite. In this work, we investigated the physiological and biochemical mechanisms of isoliquiritigenin on lettuce seedlings. The results show that isoliquiritigenin has a concentration-dependent inhibitory effect on radicle elongation of lettuce seedlings, but no significant impact on lettuce germination. Microscopy analyses suggest that the surface morphology of lettuce radicle tips was atrophied and the intracellular tissue structure deformed at high concentrations. Isoliquiritigenin induced the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which led to loss of cell viability in the radicle cells. In addition, malondialdehyde (a product of lipid peroxidation) and free proline levels were found to have increased, while chlorophyll content in lettuce seedlings decreased. All these changes suggest that the primary allelopathic mechanism of isoliquiritigenin by which it inhibits radicle elongation in lettuce seedlings might be due to the overproduction of ROS, which causes oxidative damage to membrane lipids and cell death.

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cell viabilityisoliquiritigeninLactuca sativalipid peroxidationphytotoxicityreactive oxygen species

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