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Vitamin D and related compounds as plant growth substances
Author(s) -
Buchala A. J.,
Pythoud F.
Publication year - 1988
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.1399-3054.1988.tb00648.x
Subject(s) - vitamin , vitamin d and neurology , plant growth , chemistry , glycoside , botany , metabolism , biology , biochemistry , endocrinology
Vitamin D and related compounds (hydroxylated derivatives and glycosides) occur naturally in certain plants. The metabolism of vitamin D 3 in Solanum malacoxylon Sendtn. is similar in certain respects to that in animal systems. There is also evidence that vitamin D 3 , plays a role in processes regulated by Ca 2+ in plants. Vitamin D 3 possesses plant growth substance activities and in particular enhances adventitious root formation.