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A New Green-Leaf Growth-stimulating Factor, Phyllococosine, from Coconut Milk

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KINETIN1,2 and gibberellin3 are known to accelerate the growth of green leaf disks floated on a medium containing one of these substances. A growth factor that stimulates leaf growth has now been discovered in coconut milk.

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  1. SUSUMU KURAISHI

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

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  1. Biological Institute, College of General Education, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo

    SUSUMU KURAISHI

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

    F. SHIGEO OKUMURA

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KURAISHI, S., OKUMURA, F. A New Green-Leaf Growth-stimulating Factor, Phyllococosine, from Coconut Milk. Nature 189, 148–149 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189148a0

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