Characterization of calcium oxalate biominerals in Pereskia species (Cactaceae)

Paula V. Monje; Enrique J. Baran

doi:10.1515/znc-2009-11-1201

Characterization of calcium oxalate biominerals in Pereskia species (Cactaceae)

Paula V. Monje
, Enrique J. Baran

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Calcium oxalate druses were isolated from the stems and leaves of six Pereskioideae family members and investigated by infrared spectroscopy, showing that in all samples the biomineral was present in the form of whewellite, CaC₂O₄ · H₂O. As Pereskia is thought to represent the "ancestral" condition of the leafless stem-succulent cacti, these results suggest that the biomineralization of calcium oxalate in Cactaceae represents a primitive characteristic of the group and also support a close genetic relationship between Pereskia and Opuntia.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	763-766
Número de páginas	4
Publicación	Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volumen	64
N.º	11-12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-11-1201
Estado	Published - 2010

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