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Nitrogen metabolism in leaves

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Der Stickstoffumsatz / Nitrogen Metabolism

Abstract

The green leaf is functionally one of the most remarkable organs known in the whole world of living organisms. It is, in land plants, the typical seat of photosynthesis, the process which above all others distinguishes the green plants from other organisms. Within the leaf there proceeds a highly complex set of interlocking reactions, both synthetic and catabolic. Some of these reactions are common to other organs of the plant, others are directly associated with photosynthesis. Photosynthesis, of course, forms primarily non-nitrogenous compounds, but nitrogen-containing substances are also among the earlier products of photosynthesis. Many other reactions known to occur in leaves involve nitrogenous compounds, either directly or indirectly.

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