Polyol-borate

Chemistry and structure of some borate polyol compounds of biochemical interest. U. Weser, Struct. Bonding (Berlin), 1967, 2,160-180 (77). 

B-C bonds, 3, 97 B-N bonds, 3, 97 B-O bonds, 3,94 B-P bonds, 3, 97 B-Si bonds, 3, 97 oxo acid anion complexes, 3, 96 Borates, alkoxo-, 3, 94 Borates, amidotrihydro-, 3,92 Borates, aryloxo-, 3, 94 Borates, carboxylato-, 3,96 Borates, catechol, 3,95 Borates, chlorosulfato-, 3,97 Borates, dicarboxylato-, 3,96 Borates, dipyrazol-l-yl-, 3, 92 Borates, halogeno-, 3,92 Borates, halogenohydro-, 3,90 Borates, hydro-, 3,90 Borates, hydrohydroxo-, 3,90 Borates, hydropyrazol-l-yl-, 3, 92 Borates, hydroxo-, 3,94 Borates, hydroxycarboxylato-, 3,96 Borates, inositol, 3, 95 Borates, monoalkyl-, 3, 92 Borates, monophosphido-, 3, 92 Borates, peroxohydroxo-, 3, 94 Borates, polyol, 3, 95 Borates, pyrrol-l-yl-, 3, 92 Borates, sulfato-, 3, 97 Borates, tetrabromo-, 3, 92 Borates, tetrachloro-, 3, 92 Borates, tetrafluoro-, 3, 92 minerals, 6, 847 Borates, tetrahalogeno-mixed, 3, 93 nB NMR, 3, 92 Borates, tetraiodo-, 3, 92 Borates, tetranitrato-, 3, 96 Borates, tetraperchlorato-, 3, 97 Borates, tripyrazol-l-yl-, 3, 92 Borax, 3,101 Borazines... 

Weser U (1967) Chemistry and Structure of some Borate Polyol Compounds. 2 160-180 Weser U (1968) Reaction of some Transition Metals with Nucleic Acids and Their Constituents. 5 41-67... 

Weser, U. Chemistry and Structure of some Borate Polyol Compounds. Vol. 2, pp. 160—180. 

It has long been recognized that boron is required by higher plants [61, 62], and recent research indicates the involvement of boron in three main aspects of plant physiology cell wall structure, membrane function, and reproduction. In vascular plants, boron in solution moves in the transpiration stream from the roots and accumulates in the stems and leaves. Once in the leaves, the translocation of boron is limited and requires a phloem transport mechanism. The nature of this mechanism was only recently elucidated with the isolation of a number of borate polyol compounds from various plants [63-65]. These include sorbitol-borate ester complexes isolated from the floral nectar of peaches and mannitol-borate ester complexes from the phloem sap of celery. The implication is that the movement of boron in plants depends on borate-polyol ester formation with the particular sugar polyol compounds used as transport molecules in specific plants. 

An improvement over this earlier system was attained with the addition of boron compounds such as boric acid or borate salts [106-108], It has been hypothesized that boric acid and calcium form intramolecular bonds which effectively crosslink or staple an enzyme molecule together [107,108], The use of polyols such as propylene glycol, glycerol, and sorbitol in conjunction with the boric acid salts further enhances the stability of these enzymes [109-111], The patent literature contains numerous examples of enzyme stabilization systems that utilize borates, polyols, carboxylate salts, calcium, and ethanolamines, or combinations thereof [91,112-115],... 

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