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| Title |
Infrared and Raman spectroscopic features of plant cuticles: a review
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2014.00305 |
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| Authors |
José A. Heredia-Guerrero, José J. Benítez, Eva Domínguez, Ilker S. Bayer, Roberto Cingolani, Athanassia Athanassiou, Antonio Heredia |
| Abstract |
The cuticle is one of the most important plant barriers. It is an external and continuous lipid membrane that covers the surface of epidermal cells and whose main function is to prevent the massive loss of water. The spectroscopic characterization of the plant cuticle and its components (cutin, cutan, waxes, polysaccharides and phenolics) by infrared and Raman spectroscopies has provided significant advances in the knowledge of the functional groups present in the cuticular matrix and on their structural role, interaction and macromolecular arrangement. Additionally, these spectroscopies have been used in the study of cuticle interaction with exogenous molecules, degradation, distribution of components within the cuticle matrix, changes during growth and development and characterization of fossil plants. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 371 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 363 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 82 | 22% |
| Researcher | 47 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 43 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 6% |
| Other | 51 | 14% |
| Unknown | 97 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 80 | 22% |
| Chemistry | 35 | 9% |
| Engineering | 29 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 21 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 5% |
| Other | 67 | 18% |
| Unknown | 119 | 32% |