CEQUINOR 05415
CENTRO DE QUIMICA INORGANICA "DR. PEDRO J. AYMONINO"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Characterization of Calcium Oxalate Biominerals in Pereskia Species (Cactaceae)
Autor/es:
MONJE, PV; ENRIQUE JOSE BARAN
Revista:
Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung C-A Journal of Biosciences
Editorial:
Verlag der Z. Naturforschung
Referencias:
Lugar: Tübingen, Alemania; Año: 2009 vol. 64 p. 763 - 766
ISSN:
0939-5075
Resumen:
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.
