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IT has been reported that in iron-deficient plants there is observed an increase of the soluble forms of nitrogen, with a simultaneous decrease of its protein forms1–3. This observation was confirmed in the present work, on Hibiscus esculentus L., using the standard methods of chemical analysis. However, we have endeavoured to carry out a qualitative examination of the soluble fraction of nitrogen in normal and iron-deficient plants of this species by the application of paper chromatography.
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DÉMÉTRIADÈS, S. Chromatographic Detection of Free Amino-acids in Normal and Iron-deficient Plants of Hibiscus esculentus L.. Nature 177, 95 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177095a0
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