An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species

dc.contributor.advisorEloff , Jacobus
dc.contributor.authorProsch, Diane
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T13:57:52Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T13:57:52Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.date.updated2023-09-27T13:37:39Z
dc.description.abstractOne of the major functions of a Botanic Garden should be that of research. When a research laboratory was established at Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in 1984, it-was decided to start investigating chemical parameters of our indigenous plants, since this is a field that has not received adequate attention in the past. It was hoped to contribute towards the classification of plants by applying chemotaxonomy or chemosystematics, whereby chemical evidence is incorporated with morphological and other information. The genus Protea L. was an obvious choice for the initial material of such research as it is one of the best-known and most prominent genera of our indigenous flora and its taxonomic revision, based mainly on morphological data, was recently completed by Dr. J. P. Rourke (1980) of the National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch. It was hoped that a phytochemical study of Protea species, whereby their free amino acid composition was determined by paper partition chromatography, might be of use in contributing to its taxonomic classification.
dc.identifier.apacitationProsch, D. (1986). <i>An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationProsch, Diane. <i>"An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationProsch, D. 1986. An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species. . ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Prosch, Diane AB - One of the major functions of a Botanic Garden should be that of research. When a research laboratory was established at Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in 1984, it-was decided to start investigating chemical parameters of our indigenous plants, since this is a field that has not received adequate attention in the past. It was hoped to contribute towards the classification of plants by applying chemotaxonomy or chemosystematics, whereby chemical evidence is incorporated with morphological and other information. The genus Protea L. was an obvious choice for the initial material of such research as it is one of the best-known and most prominent genera of our indigenous flora and its taxonomic revision, based mainly on morphological data, was recently completed by Dr. J. P. Rourke (1980) of the National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch. It was hoped that a phytochemical study of Protea species, whereby their free amino acid composition was determined by paper partition chromatography, might be of use in contributing to its taxonomic classification. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Chemotaxonomy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1986 T1 - An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species TI - An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationProsch D. An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species. []. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38911en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemistry
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.subjectChemotaxonomy
dc.titleAn evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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