Plant tissue culture degradation processes

Degradation of nitroesters by Rheum palmatum tissue culture proceeded along the pathway shown in Figures 3 and 4. The concentration of GTN was decreased to 39 % of the initial concentration of 50 mg/E within ten days, while the same concentration of PETN was totally transformed. Vanek et al. 2003). From the analysis of products and stoichiometry of both processes, glycerol and pentaerythritol were formed as end products, which can eventually be used by plant cells as a carbon source (Maestri etal. 1991). 

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