Quantification of cyanamide in young seedlings of Vicia species, Lens culinaris, and Robinia pseudo-acacia by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
We quantified the cyanamide content of young leaves of nine Vicia species, Lens culinaris, and Robinia pseudo-acacia using a modified analytical procedure that made it possible to measure the cyanamide content of a single leaf. Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis suggests that cyanamide is present in V. benghalensis, which is placed in a monophyletic group with cyanamide-biosynthesizing plants, V. villosa and V. cracca; this suggestion was verified.
Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. tkamo@affrc.go.jp
Tsunashi
T
Kamo
Tomoko
T
Takemura
Naoya
N
Wasano
Yoshiharu
Y
Fujii
Syuntaro
S
Hiradate
D003484:Cyanamide / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D027806:Lens Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D031301:Robinia / Q000737:chemistry*; D036226:Seedlings / Q000737:chemistry*; D031306:Vicia / Q000737:chemistry*
D003484:Cyanamide