Author(s)

José Martínez-Mendoza^1,2*, Erika Espericueta-González³, Diana Espericueta-González^3,4, Gerardo Ortega-Zarzosa², Azdrubal Lobo Guerrero^3,5

¹Departamento de Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
²Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
³Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
⁴Doctorado Institucional de Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
⁵Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.

Measurement of the fluorescence comportment of Bougainvillea xbuttiana flowers embedded in silica xerogels matrix prepared with two different water to tetraethyl-orthosilicate [Si(OC₂H₅)₄] ratio molar of 11 and 5, without heat-treatment, we report the grade of biostability of compound. The structural comportment for the PSI and PSII present in Bougainvillea flower is similar to the structural comportment for these photosystems present in leaves when they are incorporated on inorganic matrix such as silica xerogels. The contribution of the natural pigment of this kind of flower such as betalains which consist of betaxanthins and betacyanins, determines their colors contributed in the range of wavelength from about 550 nm to 660 nm.

Betalaine, Chlorophyll, Structure, Biostability, Sol-Gel

Martínez-Mendoza, J. , Espericueta-González, E. , Espericueta-González, D. , Ortega-Zarzosa, G. and Guerrero, A. (2016) Structural Comportment of Extract of Bougainvillea xbuttiana Flower Incorporated in Silica Xerogel Matrix. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 7, 828-833. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2016.76078.