EFFECT OF ETHYLENE ON NARINGIN, NARIRUTIN AND NOOTKATONE ACCUMULATIONIN GRAPEFRUIT

Authors
PUIG DG PEREZ ML FUSTER MD ORTUNO A SABATER F PORRAS I LIDON AG DELRIO JA
Citation
Dg. Puig et al., EFFECT OF ETHYLENE ON NARINGIN, NARIRUTIN AND NOOTKATONE ACCUMULATIONIN GRAPEFRUIT, Planta medica, 61(3), 1995, pp. 283-285
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
Journal title
Planta medica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320943
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
283 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0943(1995)61:3<283:EOEONN>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This paper studies the effect of different concentrations of ethephon on the levels of the sesquiterpene, nootkatone, and of the flavanones, naringin and narirutin, in grapefruit fruits. The results show that n ootkatone synthesis and/or accumulation was stimulated by all the conc entrations of ethephon assayed, while the levels of naringin and narir utin in the rind diminished. These results open up new perspectives co ncerning the possible regulation of the secondary metabolism of the pl ants.