@article{fdi:010040998, title = {{LC}-{MS} and {GC}-{MS} metabolite profiling of nickel({II}) complexes in the latex of the nickel-hyperaccumulating tree {S}ebertia acuminata and identification of methylated aldaric acid as a new nickel({II}) ligand}, author = {{C}allahan, {D}. {L}. and {R}oessner, {U}. and {D}umontet, {V}. and {P}errier, {N}icolas and {W}edd, {A}. {G}. and {O}' {H}air, {R}. {A}. {J}. and {B}aker, {A}. {J}. {M}. and {K}olev, {S}. {D}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}argeted liquid chromatography mass spectrometry ({LC}-{MS}) technology using size exclusion chromatography and metabolite profiling based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ({GC}-{MS}) were used to study the nickel-rich latex of the hyperaccumulating tree {S}ebertia acuminata. {M}ore than 120 compounds were detected, 57 of these were subsequently identified. {A} methylated aldaric acid (2,4,5-trihydroxy-3-methoxy-1,6-hexan-dioic acid) was identified for the first time in biological extracts and its structure was confirmed by {ID} and 2{D} nuclear magnetic resonance ({NMR}) spectroscopy. {A}fter citric acid, it appears to be one of the most abundant small organic molecules present in the latex studied. {N}ickel({II}) complexes of stoichiometry {N}i-{II}:acid = 1:2 were detected for these two acids as well as for malic, itaconic, erythronic, galacturonic, tartaric, aconitic and saccharic acids. {T}hese results provide further evidence that organic acids may play an important role in the transport and possibly in the storage of metal ions in hyperaccumulating plants.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}hytochemistry}, volume = {69}, numero = {1}, pages = {240--251}, ISSN = {0031-9422}, year = {2008}, DOI = {10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.07.001}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040998}, }