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Occurrence of formaldehyde in intact plants, micropropagated plants and hairy root cultures of chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)

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In different parts of both micropropagated and intact(ordinary, soil-grown) chamomile plants and in hairyroot cultures of this species, formaldehyde (HCHO) indimedone adduct form was identified and quantified byan automatic OPLC instrument using authenticformaldemethone as a standard. The amount of HCHObound by the dimedone reagent increases as theconcentration of dimedone is increased, until amaximum is reached. The HCHO detected is thought to bederived from metabolically-labile hydroxymethylgroups, and suggests that some as yet unidentifiedhydroxymethyl-containing molecule in chamomile mayplay an important role in the metabolism of this commonmedicinal plant.

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  1. Institute of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis Medical University, H-1085, Budapest, Üllöi út 26., Hungary

    E. Máday & É Szöke

  2. Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525, Budapest, P.O.Box 102, Hungary

    E. Tyihák

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Máday, E., Tyihák, E. & Szöke, É. Occurrence of formaldehyde in intact plants, micropropagated plants and hairy root cultures of chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.). Plant Growth Regulation 30, 105–110 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006320905207

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