The presence of base-hydrolyzable conjugates of abscisic acid metabolites in fruits was examined using HPLC. Among the fruits investigated, avocado (Persia americana) was shown to contain a new conjugate of dihydrophaseic acid. The conjugate was identified as dihydrophaseic acid-4'-O-β-glucoside.
Publication DOI: 10.1271/bbb1961.47.365Journal NLM ID: 0370452Publisher: Tokyo: Agricultural Chemical Society Of Japan
Institutions: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Methods: 1H NMR, methylation, acid hydrolysis, GC, HPLC, UV, acetylation