Electrode Potentials of Hermidin, the Chromogen of Mercurialis perennis
- 1 January 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 20 (5) , 927-937
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0200927
Abstract
Mercurialis contains a chromogen, hermidin which undergoes the following reactions: [image] Within the plant hermidin exists in the reduced form to the extent of not less than 95%. Cyanohermidin is a H acceptor of the same type as methylene blue and quinone. It may possibly function within the living cell not only as an efficient H transferrer but as an active O carrier. The electrode potentials of hermidin-cyano-hermidin were studied at p H 2.0-8.0, and the system cyanohermidin-oxidation product was studied at p H 7.0-8.0.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- MercurialisBiochemical Journal, 1925