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THE isolation and identification of 3-indoleacetic acid in corn kernels has been well established1. While characterization of ethyl-3-indoleacetate in ethanol extracts of corn kernels, Zea mays, variety Golden Cross, has been reported from this laboratory2, it has been suggested that ethanol extraction may have resulted in the formation of an artefact3.
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FUKUI, H., DEVRIES, J., WITTWER, S. et al. Ethyl-3-Indoleacetate: an Artefact in Extracts of Immature Corn Kernels. Nature 180, 1205 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801205a0
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