Transformationen von trans-2-Hexenal durch Botrytis cinerea PERS. als Entgiftungsmechanismen / Transformations of trans-2-Hexenal by Botrytis cinerea PERS. as Detoxification Mechanisms
Abstract The metabolization of trans-2-hexenal - one of the main components of plant wound gases with antibiotic activity - was investigated for 5 different isolates of Botrytis cinerea PERS. The transformation products as well as the kinetics of their formation were analyzed. Isolates exclusively mycelium forming (Bc 1 and Bc 13) transformed tr-2-hexenal into tr-2- hexenol, while sporulating isolates (Bc 3, Bc 9 and Bc 10) converted tr-2-hexenal to hexanol-1. Basically the metabolization of tr-2-hexenal proceeded in the same way via the aqueous phase as in the gas phase. The transformation products tr-2-hexenol and hexanol-1 showed significantly lower toxicity against the tested B. cinerea isolates than tr-2-hexenal. In each isolate the end product of tr-2- hexenal conversion had the weakest inhibitory activity. The transformation reactions thus represent detoxification mechanisms for these fungi.