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UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF 1,3‐DICHLOROPROPENE IN PLANTS 1
Author(s) -
BERRY D. L.,
CAMPBELL W. F.,
STREET J. C.,
SALUNKHE D. K.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1980.tb00401.x
Subject(s) - metabolite , metabolism , alcohol , chemistry , plant metabolism , vermiculite , allyl alcohol , transformation (genetics) , horticulture , food science , botany , biology , biochemistry , catalysis , rna , gene
Bush beans, carrots and tomatoes were shown to absorb 1,3‐dichloro‐propene from vermiculite, solution culture and sand. The dichloropro‐pene was translocated and metabolized rapidly in the plant to 3‐chloroallyl alcohol. The 3‐chloroallyl alcohol itself is similarly absorbed by these plants. Subsequent metabolism involved transformation to 3‐chloro‐1‐propanol and 3‐chloroacrylic acid enroute to a central metabolite and eventual incorporation into normal plant products. The dichloropropene isomers and chloroallyl alcohol had short half‐lives in the plant and were not measurable by 120 h after initial administration of these compounds to the plant. The plant residues appear to be of no environmental concern.