title: The chemical characteristic and distribution of brassinosteroids in plants.
abstract: Brassinosteroids represent a class of plant hormones with high-growth promoting activity. They are found at low levels in pollen, anthers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, flowers, grain, and young vegetative tissues throughout the plant kingdom. Brassinosteroids are a family of about 60 phytosteroids. The article gives a comprehensive survey on the hitherto known brassinosteroids isolated from plants. The chemical characteristic of brassinosteroids is also presented.
authors.affiliation: University of Bialystok, Institute of Biology, Swierkowa 20 B, 15-950 Bialystok, Poland. abajguz@uwb.edu.pl
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajguz
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tretyn
mesh_terms: D010840:Phytosterols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010840:Phytosterols; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators