Vital Autofluorescence: Application to the Study of Plant Living Cells

Table 2

The fluorescence intensity (𝐼) of leaf secretory cells of medicinal plants Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia vulgaris measured by double-beam microspectrofluorimeter MSF −2 at 520–540 nm or at 640–680 nm. Source: [40]. Excitation 420 nm.

Cell	Plant material	𝐼520−540	𝐼640−680
Artemisia absinthium
Glandular cell and hair	Fresh leaves	0.84±0.07	5.76±0.9
Nonsecretory cells	Fresh leaves	0.21±0.01	7.99±1.0
Glandular cell and hair	Dried leaves	0.28±0.01	3.15±0.08
Nonsecretory cells	Dried leaves	0.01	2.28±0.03
Artemisia vulgaris
Glandular cell and hair	Fresh leaves	0.12±0.01	2.26±0.09
Nonsecretory cells	Fresh leaves	0.04±0.01	4.89±0.20
Glandular cell and hair	Dried leaves	0.26±0.02	1.83±0.08
Nonsecretory cells	Dried leaves	0.14±0.01	2.40±0.5