New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Non-protein Amino Acid Distinctions between Aspleniaceae and Athyriaceae in New Zealand

P. J. Peterson

Applied Biochemistry Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North

Abstract Fronds of the New Zealand species of Asplenium contained the non-protein amino acids eryrtro-y-methyl-L-glutamic acid, erythro-y-methyl- y -hydroxy - L-glutamic acid and S-acetyl-L-ornithine, but these amino acids could not be detected in the fronds of the Alhyrium species examined. This phytochemical approach provides additional evidence for the lack of a close affinity between the two genera.

Received 6 October 1970

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