The Use of X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis Using Synchrotron Radiation to Study the Relationship between Chemical Elements and Phenolic Compounds in the Blue Honeysuckle Plants

Abstract
Macro- and trace elements variation limits in the blue honeysuckle leaves, collected in the geochemically contrasting environments in the Altai Mountains, were determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation, and their relationship with plant secondary metabolism analyzed. In content of main classes of biologically active plant phenols were found in habitats with increased Ca and Sr contents, resulting in decreased soil K/Ca ratio. The same habitats were found to have increased Cu/Zn and Fe/Zn ratios and decreased Fe/Cu and Fe/Ni ratios.

Keywords
SR XRF method, chemical elements, blue honeysuckle, flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids
Funding
The work, relating to the measurement of spectra was done using the infrastructure of the Shared research facility “Siberian Synchrotron and Terahertz Radiation Center (SSTRC)” based on complex “VEPP-4 – VEPP-2000”
УДК 543.427.4:581.192

The Use of X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis Using Synchrotron Radiationto Study the Relationship between Chemical Elementsand Phenolic Compounds in the Blue Honeysuckle Plants