Research Article

Electrical Switching in Thin Films of Nandi Flame Seed Cuticles

Table 2

Types of monomers and their % abundance in cutin and suberin biopolyesters. Pollard et al. [30].

Monomer typeAbundance (%) and common monomers
ExampleCutinSuberin

830270.fig.tab11–25 % 1–10%
C 16:0,  C18:0, C18:1, C18:2C18:0 to C24:0

830270.fig.tab21–32% 11–43%,
C16:0, C18:1, C18:2C18:1 to C26:0

830270.fig.tab3Usually 5% in Arabidopsis24–45%
C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2C18:1, C18:2, C16:0 to C26:0

830270.fig.tab4
0–34% 0–30%
C18:0 (9,10-epoxy) C18:1 (9,10 epoxy-18-dyroxy)
C18:1 (9, 10-epoxy)C18:0 (9,10-epoxy-1, 18-diacid)
16–92%0–2%
C16:0 (10,16-dihydroxy) C18:0 (9,10, 18-trihydroxy)
C18:0 (9,10,18-trihydroxy)
Traces0–8%
C18:0 (9,10-dihydroxy)

830270.fig.tab50–8% 1–6%
C16:0, C18:1 C18:0 to C22:0
0–5% 0–3%
C18:1C22:0

830270.fig.tab6
1–14%14–26%

830270.fig.tab7
0-1% Ferulate0–10% Ferulate, Samller amounts of coumarate, sinapate, ceffeate