Metabolic Studies with Banana Fruit Slices II. Effects of Inhibitors on Respiration, Ethylene Production, and Ripening

Abstract

Transverse slices of green banana fruit were vacuum· infiltrated with aqueous solutions of 24 potential inhibitors of protein synthesis, respiration, or ethylene production. The effects of these compounds were examined in the absence or presence of 10 p.p.m. ethylene. Of the compounds which produced marked effects mono· fiuoroacetate, 4·hydroxy·2·oxoglutarate (HKG), KCN, and cycloheximide were examined in more detail.