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The Nomenclature of Abscisic Acid and its Metabolites

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Plant Growth Substances 1985

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Abstract

At the 1967 meeting of this Society in Ottawa, those involded with the characterisation of abscisic acid (ABA) agreed on its new name [1, 2]. Since then it has become evident that abscisic acid is the only active member of its class and so its nomenclature is far simpler than that of the gibberellins and even of the cytokinins. However, the continuing process of identifying metabolites, the awkward nomenclature that has sometimes been applied, and the changes to the rules of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (I.U.P.A.C.) require that the system of nomenclature applied to ABA and related compounds should be modified.

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  1. MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    G. L. Boyer & J. A. D. Zeevaart

  2. School of Biochemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2033, Australia

    B. V. Milborrow

  3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, Great Britain

    P. F. Wareing

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  1. G. L. Boyer
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  1. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Martin Bopp

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Boyer, G.L., Milborrow, B.V., Wareing, P.F., Zeevaart, J.A.D. (1986). The Nomenclature of Abscisic Acid and its Metabolites. In: Bopp, M. (eds) Plant Growth Substances 1985. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71018-6_12

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