SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF (+)-NICOTIANAMINE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85062-0

(+)-Nicotianamine and its naturally occurring antipode exhibited the same biological activity with regard to chlorophyll formation of chlorotic leaflets of the mutant chloronerva.It is therefore concluded that nicotianamine does not exert its functions by a stereospecific binding to a macromolecular surface. - Key Word Index: Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato mutant chloronerva; Solanaceae; (2R:3'R:3''R)-N-<3-(3-amino-3-carboxypropylamino)-3-carboxypropyl>-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid; (2R:3'R)-N-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid; chlorophyll formation.