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. 1968 Jan;43(1):14–20. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.1.14

Selenium Absorption by Excised Astragalus Roots 1

Jane M Ulrich a,2, Alex Shrift a,3
PMCID: PMC396003  PMID: 5638040

Abstract

Absorption of selenate and selenite by excised roots of Astragalus Crotalariae, a selenium accumulator, and of A. lentiginosus, a non-accumulator, was favored by CaCl2 and a pH of 4.0. The uptake of selenate and possibly selenite, is metabolically linked. Roots of a number of Astragalus species were examined, and in all cases selenate entered the roots much faster than selenite. In these short-term experiments there was no relation between uptake of the 2 ions and classification of a species as selenium-accumulator or non-accumulator.

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