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The identification of ethylene oxide as a major metabolite of ethylene in Vicia faba L

P. H. Jerie, Michael Hall

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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 [14C]ethylene (3 μl/l) was metabolized in less than 2 h with 85-95% of the 14C appearing in ethylene oxide. The metabolism is a property of the tissue and is not due to either micro-organisms or wounding.

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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 [14C]ethylene (3 μl/l) was metabolized in less than 2 h with 85-95% of the 14C appearing in ethylene oxide. The metabolism is a property of the tissue and is not due to either micro-organisms or wounding.

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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 [14C]ethylene (3 μl/l) was metabolized in less than 2 h with 85-95% of the 14C appearing in ethylene oxide. The metabolism is a property of the tissue and is not due to either micro-organisms or wounding.

Key concepts: Ethylene, Vicia faba, Metabolite, Ethylene oxide, Chemistry, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry, Organic chemistry

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