Chemical Nature of Antheridogen-A, a Specific Inducer of the Male Sex Organ in Certain Fern Species
- 27 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 133 (3448) , 284
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3448.284
Abstract
Antheridogen-A has been shown to be a complex carboxylic acid. The carboxyl function is necessary for inductor activity since this activity disappears on esterification and reappears after hydrolysis of the ester.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: