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Evidence of cyanamide production in hairy vetch Vicia villosa.
- Source :
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Natural product research [Nat Prod Res] 2006 May 10; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 429-33. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Cyanamide (NH(2)CN) has recently been isolated as a plant growth inhibitor from Vicia villosa, which is the first discovery of cyanamide from natural sources. To reveal the presence of the biosynthesized cyanamide in plants, 3.4 mM potassium ((15)N)nitrate was administered to 15- to 35-day-old plants of V. villosa, from which the cyanamide was purified and subjected to GC/MS analysis. The isotopic ratio (15)N/((14)N + (15)N) of the cyanamide was calculated to be 0.143, while that of the cyanamide extracted from V. villosa grown in the presence of a natural N source was 0.0065. The (15)N-enrichment proved de novo biosynthesis of cyanamide.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1478-6419
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Natural product research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16644540
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410500143583