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. 1972 Sep;103(3):263-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00386849.

Enzymatic production of the plant growth inhibitor, xanthoxin

R D Firn  1 , J Friend
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Enzymatic production of the plant growth inhibitor, xanthoxin

R D Firn et al. Planta. 1972 Sep.

Abstract

Incubation of violaxanthin with lipoxygenase and linoleate gave rise to the plant growth inhibitor, xanthoxin; and the yields were reduced to 1/10 and 1/20 by the omission of lipoxygenase and both lipoxygenase and linoleate respecively.

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