Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 19, Issue 9, Pages 14625-14636Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules190914625
Keywords
horse chestnut; polyphenols; Cameraria ohridella; LC-MS QTof
Funding
- Faculty of Food Science of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Science, Poland
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Normally, plant phenolics are secondary metabolites involved in the defense mechanisms of plants against fungal pathogens. Therefore, in this study we attempted to quantify and characterize phenolic compounds in leaves of white and red horse chestnut with leaf miner larvae before and after Cameraria ohridella attack. A total of 17 phenolic compounds belonging to the hydroxycinnamic acid, flavan-3-ols and flavonol groups were identified and quantified in white and red horse chestnut leaf extracts. Significantly decreased concentrations of some phenolic compounds, especially of flavan-3-ols, were observed in infected leaves compared to the non-infected ones. Additionally, a higher content of polyphenolic compounds especially (-)-epicatechin and procyanidins in leaves of red-flowering than in white-flowering horse chestnut may explain their greater resistance to C. ohridella insects.
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