The identification of ethylene oxide as a major metabolite of ethylene inVicia fabaL
- 24 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 200 (1138) , 87-94
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1978.0006
Abstract
Ethylene oxide has been positively identified as a metabolite of ethylene in developing cotyledons of broad bean by co-chromatography with the authentic compound and by mass spectrometry. In excess of 95% of applied [$^{14}$C]ethylene (3 $\mu $l/l) was metabolized in less than 2 h with 85-95% of the $^{14}$C appearing in ethylene oxide. The metabolism is a property of the tissue and is not due to either micro-organisms or wounding.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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