A POSSIBLE NON-ENZYMATIC MECHANISM OF CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE PECTIC SUBSTANCES AND OTHER POLYSACCHARIDES IN LIVING PLANTS
Open Access
- 1 April 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 18 (2) , 308-309
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.2.308
Abstract
Many changes occurring in plants are ascribed to the action of enzymes the presence of which often cannot be demonstrated. Dilute H2O2 degenerates and decomposes pectin and starch. Some of the changes occurring in pectic substances and other polysaccharides of plants may be caused by peroxides rather than by enzymatic catalysis.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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