Biosynthesis of Ricinine in Excised Roots of Ricinus communis
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- 1 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 39 (2) , 244-246
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.39.2.244
Abstract
Carbon-14 labeled ricinine was isolated from excised roots 52 hours after nicotinic acid-7-C14 and succinic acid-2,3-C14 were added to the culture medium. The percent incorporation of nicotinic acid and succinic acid into ricinine was 8.3% and 0.88% respectively. The biosynthesis of ricinine in excised root cultures was not affected by using different precursor levels in the medium.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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