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An Antagonist of the Sterility Hormone Rutin in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas eugametos: Ombuoside = 7.4′-Dimethylrutin

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RUTIN (= quercetin-3-rutinoside) prevents the copulation of male and female gametes in Chlamydomonas eugametos 1. Its effect is very specific. Checking more than forty flavonols, it was found that only rutin induces sterility. The sugar at carbon atom 3 (rutinose) seems to be important, as quercitrin (= quercetin-3-rhamnoside) does not influence fertility.

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MOEWUS, F., DEULOFEU, V. An Antagonist of the Sterility Hormone Rutin in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas eugametos: Ombuoside = 7.4′-Dimethylrutin. Nature 173, 218 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173218a0

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