High perform ance liquid chrom atography was used to quantify the sesquiterpene phenolic esters, G uayulin A and -B in Parthenium argentatum (guayule) and Fj hybrids o f guayule with Parthenium schottii, P. fruticosum var. trilobatum and P. tomentosum var. stramonium. The d istri­ bution o f these phenolic acid esters in all parts o f the plants are reported and their inheritance in hybrids is ...

Natural rubber is an irreplaceable raw material vital to industry, transportation, medicine and defense. It is largely produced from clonal plantations of Hevea brasiliensis in southeastern Asia. Temperate-zone rubber-producing crops are greatly desired to increase biodiversity, protect supplies, and provide a safe natural-rubber alternative for the large numbers of people suffering from Type I...

Natural rubber is produced by a rubber transferase (a cis-prenyltransferase). Rubber transferase uses allylic pyrophosphate to initiate the rubber molecule and isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) to form the polymer. Rubber biosynthesis also requires a divalent metal cation. Understanding how molecular weight is regulated is important because high molecular weight is required for high quality rubbe...

Two pyridine alkaloids were isolated from the derubberized resin of the hybrid Parthenium argentatum x P tomentosa. These alkaloids are (+/-)-N-[4-(1-aminoethyl) phenyl]-4-[3-methylbutenylidine]-1,4-dihydropyridine (guayulamine A) and (+/-)-N-[4-(1-aminoethyl) phenyl]-4-[4-methylpentenylidine]-1, 4-dihydropyridine (guayulamine B). The structures were established by one- and two-dimensional NMR ...