Table I.

Paper chromatographic and paper electrophoretic behavior of authentic ACC, GACC, and MACC, the minor radiolabeled ACC metabolite isolated from mature-green tomato fruit fed with [2,3-¹⁴C]ACC, and the major radiolabeled ACC metabolite isolated from all the fruit stages fed with [2,3-¹⁴C]ACC

Compounds	RF in PC		Relative Mobilities in PE
	BAW	BPW	pH 7.0	pH 11.0
ACC	0.40	0.40	0	1.90
GACC	0.24	0.24	1.04	2.12
Minor 14C-metabolite	0.24	0.24	1.04	2.11
MACC	0.67	0.35	2.28	2.81
Major 14C-metabolite	0.66	0.35	2.28	2.80

Mobilities for paper electrophoresis (PE) at pH 7.0 and 11.0 are relative to N-2,4-dinitrophenyl-l-Ala. The solvent systems used for paper chromatography (PC) were n-butanol:acetic acid:water (4:1:1, v/v; BAW) and butanol:pyridine:water (1:1:1, v/v; BPW).