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Identification of Zeatin and Zeatinriboside in Coconut Milk
Author(s) -
STADEN J. VAN,
DREWES S. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1975.tb03801.x
Subject(s) - zeatin , cocos nucifera , extractor , extraction (chemistry) , chromatography , chemistry , butanol , ethyl acetate , botany , biology , biochemistry , cytokinin , ethanol , engineering , auxin , process engineering , gene
Zeatin and zeatinriboside were identified from the milk of mature Cocos nucifera fruits. It would appear as if the two compounds are present in roughly equal proportions. Ethyl acetate extraction in a liquid‐liquid extractor at an alkaline pH (8.0) proved to be a very efficient method of extracting zeatinriboside. Partitioning with water‐saturated n ‐butanol proved to be the best way of extracting zeatin.