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KCN Inhibition of lipoxygenase in purple, green, and white eggplants
Author(s) -
Flick George J.,
Angelo Allen J. St.,
Ory Robert L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532362
Subject(s) - lipoxygenase , solanum , cultivar , white (mutation) , chemistry , enzyme , cyanide , solanum tuberosum , biology , botany , horticulture , biochemistry , gene , inorganic chemistry
Lipoxygenase activity in three cultivars (purple, green, and white) of eggplant, Solanum melongena , were compared. Activity was greatest in the purple and lowest in the white variety. In contrast to reports that NaCN did not inhibit eggplant lipoxygenase, in these studies cyanide completely inhibited the enzyme in all three varieties.