PANTOTHENIC ACID AS A NUTRILITE FOR GREEN PLANTS

Green plants as intelligent organisms.

Intelligent behaviour, even in humans, is an aspect of complex adaptive behaviour that provides a capacity for problem solving. This article assesses whether plants have a capacity to solve problems and, therefore, could be classified as intelligent organisms. The complex molecular network that is found in every plant cell and underpins plant behaviour is described. The problems that many plant...

Microbic Decomposition of Pantothenic Acid.

Application of Nicotinic Acid Functionalized Chlorosulfonic Acid as a Green Catalyst for the Synthesis of Bis(2-methyl-1Hindole)Derivatives

3-Carboxy-1-sulfopyridin-1-ium chloride ([CPySO3H]+Cl-) as a novel ionic organocatalyst for thecondensation of aldehydes and 2-methylindole to synthesize bis(2-methyl-1H-indole) derivatives inacetonitrile at room temperature has been developed. Some tetrakis (2-methyl-1H-indole)derivatives have also been synthesized by the reaction of 2,2'-(butane-1,4-diylbis(oxy))dibenzaldehyde and 2-methylind...

The metabolism of pantothenic acid.

The formulation of this pathway was based on: (a) the finding that cysteine supplies the sulfur-containing moiety of CoA (3,4); (b) the activities of pantetheine and pantothenylcysteine as growth factors for Acetobacter suboxydans (4-6) and Lactobacillus helveticus (7); (c) the presence of enzymes in these two organisms and also in Lactobacillus bulgur&s which decarboxylate pantothenylcysteine ...

Hematopoiesis in pantothenic acid-deficient rats.