UV protective coatings: A botanical approach

Progress in Organic Coatings

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 166-171

  Jacobs, J F ^a   Koper, G J M ^a   Ursem, W N J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Biological based coatings; Cuticular wax; Pinus mugo; Ultraviolet radiation; UV protection

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAXES;

ALPINE PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL BASED COATINGS; CUTICULAR WAX; UV PROTECTION;

PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

PINUS MUGO; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAX;

EID: 33847033310     PISSN: 03009440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Tevini M. UV-B Radiation and Ozone Depletion-Effects on Humans, Animals, Plants, Microorganisms, and Materials (2000), Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton
2. Cockell C.S. Ultraviolet radiation, evolution and the p-electron system. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 63 (1998) 449-457
3. Hidema J., and Kumagai T. UVB-induced cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimer and photorepair with progress of growth and leaf age in rice. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 43 (1998) 121-127
4. Matsumura Y., and Ananthaswamy H.N. Toxic effects of ultraviolet radiation on the skin. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 195 (2004) 298-308
5. Jin H., Cominelli E., Bailey P., Parr A., Mehrtens F., Jones J., Tonelli C., Weisshaar B., and Martin C. Transcriptional repression by AtMYB4 controls production of UV-protecting sunscreens in Arabidopsis. EMBO J. 19 (2000) 6150-6161
6. Kovács E., and Keresztes A. Effect of gamma and UV-B/C radiation on plant cells. Micron 33 (2002) 199-210
7. Teramura A.H., and Ziska L.H. Ultraviolet-B radiation and photosynthesis. In: Baker N.R. (Ed). Photosynthesis and the Environment (1996), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 435-450
8. Day T.A., Howells B.W., and Rice W.J. Ultraviolet absorption and epidermal-transmittance spectra in foliage. Physiol. Plant. 92 (1994) 207-218
9. Stapleton A.E., and Walbot V. Flavonoids can protect maize DNA from the induction of ultraviolet radiation damage. Plant Physiol. 105 (1994) 881-889
10. Jordan B.R. Molecular response of plants cells to UV-B stress. Funct. Plant Biol. 29 (2002) 909-916
11. Chicaro P., Pinto E., Colepicolo P., Lopes J.L.C., and Lopes N.P. Flavonoids from Lychnophora passerina (Asteraceae): potential antioxidants and UV-protectants. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 32 (2004) 239-243
12. Li J., Ou-Lee T., Raba R., Amundson R.G., and Last R.L. Arabidopsis flavonoid mutants are hypersensitive to UV-B irradiation. Plant Cell 5 (1993) 171-179
13. Björn L.O., Callaghan T.V., Johnsen I., Lee L.A., Manetas Y., Paul N.D., Sonesson M., Wellburn A.R., Coop D., Hiede-Jorgensen H.S., Gehrke C., Gwynn-Jones D., Johanson U., Kyparissis A., Levizou E., Nikolopoulos D., Petropoulou Y., and Stephanou M. The effect of UV-B radiation on European heathland species. Plant Ecol. 128 (1997) 253-264
14. Schmitz-Hoerner R., and Weissenböck G. Contribution of phenolic compounds to the UV-B screening capacity of developing barley primary leaves in relation to DNA damage and repair under elevated UV-B levels. Phytochemistry 64 (2003) 243-255
15. Zamzow J.P., and Losey G.S. Ultraviolet radiation absorbance by coral reef fish mucus: photo-protection and visual communication. Environ. Biol. Fish. 63 (2002) 41-47
16. Steinmüller D., and Tevini M. Action of ultraviolet (UV-B) upon cuticular waxes in some crop plants. Planta 164 (1985) 557-564
17. Franich R.A., Wells L.G., and Holland P.T. Epicuticular wax of Pinus Radiata needles. Phytochemistry 17 (1978) 1617-1623
18. Hamilton R.J. Waxes: Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Functions (1995), The Oily Press, Dundee
19. Müller C., and Riederer M. Plant surface properties in chemical ecology. J. Chem. Ecol. 31 (2005) 2621-2651
20. Vermeer C.P., Nastold P., and Jetter R. Homologous very-long-chain 1,3-alkanediols and 3-hydroxyaldehydes in leaf cuticular waxes of Ricinus communis L. Phytochemistry 62 (2003) 433-438
21. Kunst L., and Samuels A.L. Biosynthesis and secretion of plant cuticular wax. Prog. Lipid Res. 42 (2003) 51-80
22. Neinhuis C., and Barthlott W. Characterization and distribution of water-repellent, self-cleaning plant surfaces. Ann. Bot. 79 (1997) 667-677
23. Barthlott W., Neinhuis C., Cutler D., Ditsch F., Meusel I., Theisen I., and Wilhelmi H. Classification and terminology of plant epicuticular waxes. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 126 (1998) 237-260
24. Barthlott W., and Neinhuis C. Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces. Planta 202 (1997) 1-8
25. Lee S.M., Lee H.S., Kim D.S., and Kwon T.H. Fabrication of hydrophobic films replicated from plant leaves in nature. Surf. Coat. Technol. 201 (2006) 553-559
26. Blossey R. Self-cleaning surfaces-virtual realities. Nat. Mater. 2 (2003) 301-306
27. Smith H. The Molecular Biology of Plant Cells (1977), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford
28. Kaufman P.B., Cseke L.J., Warber S., Duke J.A., and Brielmann H.L. Natural Products from Plants (1999), CRC Press, Boca Raton
29. Krauss P., Markstädter C., and Riederer M. Attenuation of UV radiation by plant cuticles from woody species. Plant Cell Environ. 20 (1997) 1079-1085
30. Morales F., Cerovic Z.G., and Moya I. Time-resolved blue-green fluorescence of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves. Spectroscopic evidence for the presence of ferulic acid as the main fluorophore of the epidermis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Bioenerg. 1273 (1996) 251-262
31. Roshchina V.V. Autofluorescence of plant secreting cells as a biosensor and bioindicator reaction. J. Fluor. 13 (2003) 403-418
32. Caldwell M.M., Camp L.B., Warner C.W., and Flint S.D. Action spectra and their key role in assessing biological consequences of solar UV-B radiation change. In: Worrest R.C., and Caldwell M.M. (Eds). NATO ASI series, Volume G8, Stratospheric Ozone Reduction, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Plant Life (1986), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 87-111
33. Quaite F.E., Sutherland B.M., and Sutherland J.C. Action spectrum for DNA damage in alfalfa lowers predicted impact of ozone depletion. Nature 358 (1992) 576-578
34. Rundel R.D. Action spectra and estimation of biologically effective UV radiation. Physiol. Plant. 58 (1983) 360-366
35. Holmes M.G., and Keiller D.R. Effects of pubscence and waxes on the reflectance of leaves in the ultraviolet and photosynthetic wavebands: a comparison of a range of species. Plant, Cell Environ. 25 (2002) 85-93
36. Skaltsa H., Verykokidou E., Harvala C., Karabourniotis G., and Manetas Y. UV-B protective potential and flavonoid content of leaf hairs of Quercus ilex. Phytochemistry 37 (1994) 987-990
37. Flint S.D., and Caldwell M.M.A. biological spectral weighting function for ozone depletion research with higher plants. Physiol. Plant. 117 (2003) 137-144
38. Coohill T.P. Action spectroscopy: ultraviolet radiation. In: Horspool W.H., and Song P. (Eds). CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology (1995), CRC Press, Boca Raton 1267-1275
39. Lehner G., and Lütz C. Photosynthetic functions of cembran pines and dwarf pines during winter at timberline as regulated by different temperatures, snowcover and light. J. Plant Physiol. 160 (2003) 153-166
40. Mantha S.V., Johnson G.A., and Day T.A. Evidence from action and fluorescence spectra that UV-induced violet-blue-green fluorescence enhances leaf photosynthesis. Photochem. Photobiol. 73 (2001) 249-256