Spontaneous chemiluminescence of soybean embryonic axes during imbibition
1984
A:PS
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Title
Spontaneous chemiluminescence of soybean embryonic axes during imbibition
Publication Date
1984
Call Number
A:PS
Summary
Isolated soybean (Glycine max L. var. Hood) embryonic axes have a spontaneous chemiluminescence (about 150 counts per minute per embryo) that increases showing two phases, upon water imbibition. The first photoemission burst was measured between 0 and 7 hours of imbibition with a maximum of about 350 counts per minute per embryo after 2 hours. The second photoemission phase, between 7 and 30 hours, increased from about 220 to 520 counts per minute per embryo. Both chemiluminescence phases were inhibited by infused butylated hydroxyanisole while only the second phase was inhibited by infused salicylhydroxamic acid. On the basis of the sensitivity of the lipoxygenase reaction to both inhibitors (about 90%), the first burst is tentatively assigned to oxy-radicals mobilized upon water uptake by the embryonic axes, and the second phase is tentatively identified as due to lipoxygenase activity. The in vivo lipoxygenase activity of the embryonic axes was estimated by different methods. The result suggests that chemiluminescence may afford a noninvasive assay for lipoxygenase activity in intact plant tissues. [AS/SS]
Journal Citation
v.76(2):447-451, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
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harvest@worldveg.org
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