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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1986, Vol. 27, No. 5 935-938
© 1986

Short Communication

Amarinin: A New Growth Inhibitor from Luffa amara

S. Mukherjee1, A.K. Shaw2, S.N. Ganguly, T. Ganguly and P.K. Saha3

Department of Botany, Bose Institute 93/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta 700 009, India

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A growth inhibitor, amarinin was isolated from the seeds of Luffa amara. Its formula has been established as 2-deoxy cucurbitacin B by spectrometric analysis coupled with chemical degradation. Amarinin inhibited the growth of the second leaf sheath of rice both in the absence and presence of GA3.

1Present address: Department of Chemistry, Arambag College, P.O. Arambag, Hooghly, West Bengal, India

2Present address: Department of Chemistry, Calcutta University, 92, A.P.C. Road, Calcutta 700 009

(Received March 15, 1985; Accepted May 1, 1986)
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