Identification of alkyl substituted 2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-ones as germination stimulants present in smoke

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 9475-9480

  Flematti, Gavin R ^a   Ghisalberti, Emilio L ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b   Trengove, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butenolide; Germination stimulant; Karrikin; Karrikinolide; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Smoke

Indexed keywords

BUTENOLIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SMOKE; SOLANUM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; GERMINATION; SEEDS; SMOKE; SOLANUM;

EID: 70350290228     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9028128     Document Type: Article

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