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. 2001 Dec;127(4):1827–1835.

Table V.

Induction of glycinebetaine by n-butanol

Conc. n-Butanol i-Butanol t-Butanol
mm μmol glycinebetaine/g
0 0.69 ± .14 0.69 ± .14 0.69 ± .14
5 1.94 ± .14 0.48 ± .09 0.37 ± .04
10 4.20 ± .33 0.68 ± .04 0.43 ± .08
15 3.01 ± .33 0.65 ± .13 0.49 ± .07

The growth medium was used with the addition of PPM at 1:1,000. The media containing indicated butanols were changed on d 2; leaves harvested on d 4. Numbers are the mean of three samples ± se.