References
- M. D. Grove, G. F. Spencer, W. K. Rohwedder, N. Mandava, J. F. Worley, J. D. Warthen Jr., G. L. Steffens, J. L. Flippen-Anderson and J. C. Cook, Jr., Nature, 281, 216 (1979).
- a) K. Wada, S. Marumo, N. Ikekawa, M. Morisaki and K. Mori, Plant and Cell Physiol., 22, 323 (1981).
- E. Maeda, Physiol. Plant., 18, 813 (1965).
- S. Marumo, H. Hattori, H. Abe, Y. Nonoyama and K. Munakata, Agric. Biol. Chem., 32, 528 (1968).
- K. Munakata, N. Kato and M. Ikeda, “Plant Growth Substances 1973,” Hirokawa Publishing Co., Inc., Tokyo, 1974, pp. 39 ~ 43.
- T. Yokota, N. Okabayashi, N. Takahashi, I. Shimura and K. Umeya, “Plant Growth Substances 1973,” Hirokawa Publishing Co., Inc., Tokyo, 1974, pp. 28 ~ 38.
- T. Yokota, M. Arima and N. Takahashi, Tetrahedron Lett., 23, 1275 (1982).
- M. Ikeda, T. Sassa and Y. Miura, Bull. Yamagata Univ. (Agric. Science), 7, 41 (1977).
- S. Takatsuto, B. Ying, M. Morisaki and N. Ikekawa, J. Chromatogr., 239, 233 (1982).
- J. S. Knypl, Nature, 224, 1025 (1969).
- The standard samples, brassinolide and (24S)-24- methylbrassinone (castasterone) were synthesized in our co-workers laboratory: M. Ishiguro, S. Takatsuto, M. Morisaki and N. Ikekawa, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 962 (1980).
- Recently we have identified (22R,23R)-2α, 3α,22,23- tetrahydroxy-5α -cholestan-6-one, named brassinone, from the active fraction obtained from the chestnut gall tissue: H. Abe, T. Morishita, M. Uchiyama, S. Takatsuto, N. Ikekawa, M. Ikeda, T. Sassa, T. Kitsuwa and S. Marumo, Experimentia, in press.