Abstract
The previously known decrease of vindoline and catharanthine amounts in Catharanthus roseus leaves, when proceeding down a shoot, was found to be accompanied by a corresponding opposite increase in a dimer content. Behaviour of the dimer during extraction and HPLC procedures, and its molecular mass corresponded to its identification as 3′,4′-anhydrovinblastine. When the effects of two types of wounding stresses on the dimerization process were evaluated, the vindoline content appeared to be transiently increased.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1451-1453 |
| Journal | Phytochemistry |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |