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Ferulic and p-Coumaric Acids in Pineapple Tissue as Modifiers of Pineapple Indoleacetic Acid Oxidase

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PINEAPPLE stem tissue has been shown1 to contain a powerful indoleacetic acid oxidase system and a polyphenolic-type inhibitor. Other reports demonstrate the ability of certain phenols to stimulate or inhibit the indoleacetic acid oxidases of peas2, lentils3, wheat4, a fungus5, and lupins6, though none of the phenols has been shown to accompany these systems.

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  1. Pineapple Research Institute of Hawaii,

    WILLIS A. GORTNER & MARTHA J. KENT

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    G. K. SUTHERLAND

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GORTNER, W., KENT, M. & SUTHERLAND, G. Ferulic and p-Coumaric Acids in Pineapple Tissue as Modifiers of Pineapple Indoleacetic Acid Oxidase. Nature 181, 630–631 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181630a0

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