14C-GOSSYPOL:OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR SYNTHESIS BY COTTON SEEDLINGS
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Abstract
The biosynthesis of 14 C-gossypol from sodium 1-14C-acetate has been studied in 6 day old seedlings of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum L.c.v. ST-506. The highest specific activity gossypol (0.8μCi/m mole) was obtained when seedlings were incubated for 96 hr in the presence of 6 mg/200 seedlings of sodium 1-14C-acetate (0.4 mCi/m mole) in a defined nutrient medium.
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