Bifurcations and neutrality in the biosynthesis of plant flavonoids

Abstract

Ivanov Vyacheslav*, Shcherbakov Arkadiy and Usmanov Iskander

During field ecological expeditions, plant samples were collected from oligotrophic bogs in Western Siberia and the steppes of the Southern Trans-Urals. HPLC spectra of flavonoid biosynthesis of wild plants were analysed. It was shown for the first time that, irrespective of the plant species and habitats, biosynthesis of flavonoids has a fractal structure. High species specificity of fractal structures of flavonoid biosynthesis has been shown. Analysis of the bifurcations of the metabolic pathways of flavonoid biosynthesis showed the possibility of biosynthesis of some substances by alternative pathways. It was shown for the first time that, irrespective of the plant species and habitats, biosynthesis of flavonoids has a fractal structure. The possibility of hit compound several of metabolic pathways at some common point (substance) has experimentally shown the effectiveness of neutral mechanisms.