Plant Polyamines

Polyamines and plant alkaloids.

Naturally occurring alkaloids are nitrogenous compounds that constitute the pharmacogenically active basic principles of flowering plants. Alkaloids are classified into several biogenically related groups. Tobacco alkaloids are metabolised from polyamines and diamines putrescine and cadaverine. N-methyl transferase is the first enzyme in alkaloid biosynthetic pathway which drives the flow of ni...

Plant Growth: the Role of Polyamines

Polyamines: Small Molecules Triggering Pathways in Plant Growth and Developmentlt2

Plant biologists fall into two categories: those who believe polyamines play an important role in plant growth and development, and those who are skeptical. The latter group by far exceeds the former. Why is this? Over the years polyamines have been implicated in being involved in a wide array of processes in plants, ranging from triggering organogenesis to protecting against stress. However, t...

High speed HPLC analysis of polyamines in plant tissues.

A high speed high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the quantification of putrescine, spermidine, and spermine in biological samples is described. The dansylation is followed by a sample cleanup. The isocratic HPLC-analysis with acetonitrile:H(2)O (72:28 volume/volume) on 10 centimeter long, 3 micrometer octadecyl silica columns (3 millimeter inner diameter) takes only 4.5 min...

Polyamines: small molecules triggering pathways in plant growth and development.

Plant biologists fall into two categories: those who believe polyamines play an important role in plant growth and development, and those who are skeptical. The latter group by far exceeds the former. Why is this? Over the years polyamines have been implicated in being involved in a wide array of processes in plants, ranging from triggering organogenesis to protecting against stress. However, t...