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Bitter principles of the cucurbitaceae. VIII.—cucurbitacins in seedlings—occurrence, biochemistry and genetical aspects

✍ Scribed by S. Rehm; J. H. Wessels


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1957
Tongue
English
Weight
444 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5142

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Abstract

The bitter principle content of the seedlings of twenty‐one species and a large number of varieties of cucurbits has been investigated. The cucurbitacins B and E are the main bitter principles in all seedlings. The biogenesis of the cucurbitacins, the taxonomy of the family and the genetics of bitterness are discussed in the light of these results.