Steroidni hormoni u biljnom svijetu

Professional paper - Professional paper

• Author: Melita Šaden-Krehula
• Author: Danica Kuštrak
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; (Department of pharmacognosy)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Pharmacy; Pharmacy

Abstract (english)

The occurring of steroid hormones in plants had its origin in 1933 finding
estron in palm oil.
Members of all steroid groups, except the bile acids, have been found in
plants, especially three of the main sex hormones: oestrone, progesterone
and testosterone, as well as cholesterol. Obviously these compounds are not
limited to the animal kingdom.
Many physiological processes in plants are influenced by steroid hormones.
The occurrence of steroid hormones in plants, their effects on plants
growth, development and flowering are being investigated. The presence of
steroids in plants would either imply that the plants already possess the enzymes
necessary for steroid interconversions, or that these enzyme systems
are quickly induced when substrates are offered. Various plants in fact proved
capable to metabolizing steroids, which shows that plants posses the genetic
information required for the synthesis of steroid-specific enzymes.

• Keywords (croatian): steroidi; hormoni; biljke; fitokemija
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Professional paper - Professional paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - domestic
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Farmaceutski glasnik
• Numbering: vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 23-32
• p-ISSN: 0014-8202
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:163:440181
• Publication: 1995
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-03-19 12:30:57