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The occurrence of at least three growth inhibitors was demonstrated in the dormant aerial tubers of Dioscorea. One of the inhibitors was isolated in crystalline form and identified as (+)-abscisin II by the infrared and ultraviolet spectra as well as by the optical rotatory dispersion.
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Hashimoto, T., Ikai, T. & Tamura, S. Isolation of (+)-abscisin II from dormant aerial tubers of Dioscorea batatas . Planta 78, 89–92 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384862
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