SUBSTRATE-SPECIFIC HYDROLYSIS OF AROMATIC AND AROMATIC-ALIPHATIC ESTERS IN ORCHID TISSUE-CULTURES

Authors
MIRONOWICZ A KUKULCZANKA K SIEWINSKI A
Citation
A. Mironowicz et al., SUBSTRATE-SPECIFIC HYDROLYSIS OF AROMATIC AND AROMATIC-ALIPHATIC ESTERS IN ORCHID TISSUE-CULTURES, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 62(1-2), 1993, pp. 21-23
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016977
Volume
62
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
21 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6977(1993)62:1-2<21:SHOAAA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We found that tissue cultures of higher plants were able, similarly as microorganism, to transform low-molecular-weight chemical compounds. In tissue cultures of orchids (Cymbidium 'Saint Pierre' and Dendrobium phalaenopsis) acetates of phenols and aromatic-aliphatic alcohols wer e hydrolyzed, whereas methyl esters of aromatic and aromatic-aliphatic acids did not undergo this reaction. Acetates of racemic aromatic-ali phatic alcohols were hydrolyzed with distinct enantiospecificity.