Abstract
Large quantities of ent-kaur-16-ene accumulated in the scutella of wheat and barley seedlings treated with the ent-kaurene oxidase inhibitor, (2S, 3S)-paclobutrazol. In addition, ent-3 beta-hydroxykaur-16-ene and ent-17-hydroxykaur-15-ene were identified by full-scan GC mass spectrometric comparison with authentic samples in embryos of paclobutrazol-treated wheat. In four-day-old paclobutrazol-treated wheat, ent-3 beta-hydroxykaur-16-ene occurred in similar amounts to ent-kaur-16-ene in embryonic axes but was about 10-fold less than the quantity of ent-kaur-16-ene in scutella. By comparison, ent-17-hydroxykaur-15-ene was present at very low levels and only in scutella of treated wheat seedlings. Only trace amounts of ent-3 beta-hydroxykaur-16-ene were detected in scutella of paclobutrazol-treated barley.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-14 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Phytochemistry |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - May 1995 |