New Strigolactone Mimics as Exogenous Signals for Rhizosphere Organisms.
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SUBMITTER: Oancea F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6152683 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
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New Strigolactone Mimics as Exogenous Signals for Rhizosphere Organisms.
Oancea Florin F Georgescu Emilian E Matusova Radoslava R Georgescu Florentina F Nicolescu Alina A Raut Iuliana I Jecu Maria-Luiza ML Vladulescu Marius-Constantin MC Vladulescu Lucian L Deleanu Calin C
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20170609 6
The importance of strigolactones in plant biology prompted us to synthesize simplified strigolactone mimics effective as exogenous signals for rhizosphere organisms. New strigolactone mimics easily derived from simple and available starting materials in significant amounts were prepared and fully characterized. These compounds contain an aromatic or heterocyclic ring, usually present in various bioactive molecules, connected by an ether link to a furan-2-one moiety. The new synthesized strigolac ...[more]
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