Method of retarding an ethylene response
AssigneeCurtin University of Technology
InventorsZora SINGH, Alan David PAYNE, Shamim Ahmed Kamal Uddin KHAN, Muftah Miload MUSA
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Abstract
A compound of Formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cydoalkyi, cydoalkylalkyi, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group, and a substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cydoalkyi, cydoalkylalkyi, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group having as a substituent a halogen, alkoxy, substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted phenoxy group or a heteroatom such as oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and boron.
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A compound of Formula I:
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group, and a substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group having as a substituent a halogen, alkoxy, substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted phenoxy group or a heteroatom such as oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and boron,
- or a salt thereof.
A composition comprising a compound of Formula I:
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group, and a substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group having as a substituent a halogen, alkoxy, substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted phenoxy group or a heteroatom such as oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and boron,
- or a salt thereof.
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The compound or salt in accordance with claim 261, which is provided in the form of a salt selected from the group comprising phosphate, acetate, formate, carbonate, hydrobromide, hydrochloride, sulfate, bisulfate, nitrate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, oxalate, valerate, oleate, palmitate, stearate, laurate, borate, benzoate, lactate, tosylate, citrate, maleate, fumarate, succinate, tartrate, naphthylate, mesylate, glucoheptonate, lactiobionate and laurylsulfonate salts.
A method for one or more of:
- retarding an ethylene response in a plant;
- retarding ripening of fruit;
- retarding ripening of vegetables;
- retarding senescence of a plant or plant part;
- retarding abscission of a plant or plant part;
- extending the life of a cut plant;
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- extending the storage life of fresh horticultural produce;
- the method comprising the step of contacting the plant with an effective ethylene response retarding amount of a compound of Formula I:
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group, and a substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, phenyl, or naphthyl group having as a substituent a halogen, alkoxy, substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted phenoxy group or a heteroatom such as oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and boron,
- or a salt thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.