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The neuroactive factoralpha-gamma diaminobutyric acid in angiospermous seeds

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Seeds from 158 species of 39 plant families were examined for α-γ-diaminobutyric acid, which has been isolated from seed ofLathyrus sylvestris andL. latifolius by other investigators. The presence of the compound in large amounts inL. sylvestris was confirmed. Possible trace amounts ranging from 0.03 to 0.29% of the total nitrogen was found in six otherLathyrus species and from six species of related genera. Trace amounts ranging from 0.01 to 0.07% of the total nitrogen were found in 18 additional species, and none of the compound was found in the remaining 65. Evidence for the presence of the neuroactive substance was based on an elution peak occurring in the same position as that of an authentic sample.

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  1. From the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois

    Roger W. Miller

  2. a laboratory of the Northern Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Ill.

    Roger W. Miller

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VanEtten, C.H., Miller, R.W. The neuroactive factoralpha-gamma diaminobutyric acid in angiospermous seeds. Econ Bot 17, 107–109 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985360

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