Convenient synthesis and cytokinin activity of β-substituted 4-styrylpyridines, the simplest cytokinin analogs with a moderate cell division-promoting activity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1337-1342

  Nishikawa, Shiro ^a   Sato, Masakazu ^a   Kojima, Hisaki ^a,c   Suzuki, Chi E ^a   Yamada, Nobuko ^a   Inagaki, Minoru ^a   Kashimura, Naoki ^a   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 styrylpyridines; Addition reaction; Betacyanin bioassay; Palladium catalyzed coupling; Photoisomerization; Synthetic cytokinin; Tobacco callus bioassay

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0000338018     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9502313     Document Type: Article

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