Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Biosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Ripening Seeds

Nature volume 167, pages 298–301 (1951)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Gerber, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 125, 658, 732 (1897); J. Bot., 15, 121 (1901).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. du Sablon, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 123, 1084 (1896); Rev. gen. Bot., 9, 313 (1897).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Haehn and Kinttof, Ber., 56, 439 (1923).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Smedley-MacLean and Hoffert, Biochem. J., 20, 343 (1926).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Reichel and Schmid, Angew. Chem., 51, 190 (1938).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Nencki, J. prak. Chem., 17, 105 (1878).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Magnus-Levy, Berl. physiol. Ges., No. 5 (1901–2).

  8. Leathes, “Problems in Animal Metabolism” (London, 1906).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Leathes and Raper, “The Fats”, 2nd ed. (London, 1925).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Bloch, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol., 13, 29 (1948).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Ivanow, Beihefte bot. Zentr., 28 (1), 159 (1912).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Eyre and Fisher, J. Agric. Sci., 7, 120 (1915). Eyre, Biochem. J., 25, 1902 (1931). Barker, J. Soc. Chem. Indust., 51, 218T (1932).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Caskey and Gallup, J. Agric. Res., 42, 671 (1931).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Lonzinger and Raskina, Maslob. Shir. Delo, Nos. 2–3, 57 (1931).

  15. Sahasrabuddhe, Ind. J. Agric. Sci., 3, 57 (1932).

    Google Scholar 

  16. Rewald and Riede, Biochem. Z., 260, 147 (1933).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Neumann, Biochem. Z., 308, 141 (1941).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Bauer, Fettchem. Umschau, 41, 1 (1934).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Ivanow and Klokow, Allgem. Oel-Fett-Ztg., 30, 149 (1933).

    Google Scholar 

  20. Ivanow, Ber. deut. Bot. Ges., 44, 31 (1926); Z. Angew. Chem., 42, 292 (1929).

    Google Scholar 

  21. Rose and Jamieson, Oil and Soap, 18, 173 (1941). Painter and Nesbitt, Indust. Eng. Chem. (Anal.), 15, 123 (1943); Oil and Soap, 20, 208 (1943) and 21, 343 (1944).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Dollear, Krauczunas and Markley, Oil and Soap, 15, 263 (1938) and 17, 120 (1940). Scholfield and Bull, Oil and Soap, 21, 87 (1944).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Barker, Crossley and Hilditch, J. Soc. Chem. Indust., 69, 116 (1950). Barker and Hilditch, J. Sci. Food Agric., 1, 118, 140 (1950).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Chibnall (private communication).

  25. Grindley, J. Sci. Food Agric., 1, 147 (1950).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Fischer, Emil, Ber., 23, 2114 (1890).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Stotz, J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 26, 341 (1949).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Liverpool,

    T. P. HILDITCH

Authors
  1. T. P. HILDITCH
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

HILDITCH, T. Biosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Ripening Seeds. Nature 167, 298–301 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167298a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/167298a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing