Consumption of ferulic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids by soybean root tips

Depletion method was used to describe how soybean root consumed ferulic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids in nutrient culture. The results showed that excised cultured soybean roots consumed these allelochemicals very rapidly. At concentrations between 0.1 and 1.0 mM, roots consumed 50% or more of ferulic...

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Main Authors: Hélio Cândido da Silva, Vanessa Herrig, Maria de Lourdes L. Ferrarese, Osvaldo Ferrarese-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2000-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132000000300006