The structures of podolactones A and B, inhibitors of expansion and division of plant cells

1 January 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 3,p. 170-171
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29700000170

Abstract

Podolactones A and B, which strongly inhibit expansion and mitosis of plant cells, are shown to be norditerpene dilactones with structures (I) and (II).

Keywords

STRUCTURES
STRONGLY INHIBIT
CELLS PODOLACTONES
NORDITERPENE DILACTONES
INHIBIT EXPANSION
DIVISION
MITOSIS