Leuco-anthocyanin in Variable Flowers of Camellia japonica
1958 年 33 巻 10-11 号 p. 333-340
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1958 年 33 巻 10-11 号 p. 333-340
Flowers of Camellia variety, Somekawa, are variegated. Frequently self-colored red flowers occur, probably owing to mutation of a mutable recessive gene. Co-existence of anthocyanin and leuco-anthocyanin was found in both types of flowers. Estimations of anthocyanin and catechin-like substance including leuco-anthocyanin were carried out spectrophotometrically. The results have shown that leuco-anthocyanin accumulates in the flowers irrespective of anthocyanin formation. Copper enzyme activities in red and variegated flowers compared manometrically, but there was no significant difference between them.
