| 释义 |
xanthoxin Biochem.|zænˈθɒksɪn|
[f. violaxanthin + ox- + -in1.]
A photo-oxidation product, C15H22O3, of violaxanthin that occurs in certain plant tissues as a growth inhibitor.
1970Taylor & Burden in Nature 18 July 302/2 We have extracted a neutral growth inhibitor from the seedlings of dwarf bean..and wheat... The name xanthoxin is now proposed for the inhibitor, the activity of which in the cis,trans configuration is comparable with the known naturally occurring inhibitor abscisic acid (ABA). 1980Physiologia Plantarum XLIX. 309/1 The inhibitory effect of both ABA and xanthoxin on total lateral root length was mainly due to their suppression of primordia emergence and their strong inhibition of elongation. |