Myrmic Acids: A Group of New Inhibitors Analogous to Myrmicacin (β-Hydroxydecanoic Acid)
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Botanical Gazette
- Vol. 140 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1086/337049
Abstract
Caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, .DELTA.2-decenoic acid and .beta.-hydroxydecanoic acid (myrmicacin) inhibited pollen germination and pollen tube elongation in Camellia sinensis and mitotic division of the generative nucleus in Ornithogalum virens. The group name myrmic acids (MYA) is proposed for these new inhibitors containing 8-10 C atoms and a carboxyl group.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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