Disulfiram metabolism in isolated mesophyll cells and inhibition of photosynthesis and cyanide-resistant respiration.
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Tetraethylthiuram disulfide (disulfiram) stimulated medium acidification when added at a concentration of 0.4 millimolar to illuminated or nonilluminated suspensions of Asparagus sprengeri Regel mesophyll cells. Similar concentrations inhibited photosynthesis and cyanide-resistant respiration. The reduction product of disulfiram, diethyldithiocarbamic acid, accumulated in concentrations sufficient to account for the observed acidification.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Plant physiology
دوره 76 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984