Abstract
Glutamate oxaloacetate aminotransferase (GOT) and peroxidase (POD) isozymes of yamamomo (Myrica rubra SIEB. et ZUCC.) cultivars were analyzed by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). A Leaf bud was sampled for enzyme extraction due to the strongest actlvity of the enzyme at this stage of leaf development. Since the elect.rophoretic patterns of two zones of GOT isozymes and one of POD isozymes varied among the cultivars, it was considered that the combination of the zones of these isozymes would enable to identify cultlvars with different names as synonyms or, on the contrary, cultivars with similar names as different ones. Two cultivars, considered to be of Chinese origin, could apparently be distinguished from the other Japanese cultivars by such isozyme analysis.
