Table II.

Comparison of the incorporation of [U-¹⁴C]Glc and [U-¹⁴C]glucosone into AsA by pea embryonic axes

Incubation	AsA	Total 14C	14C in AsA
	μmol g−1 fresh wt	dpm × 106 g−1 fresh wt	% total 14C
[U-14C]Glc
2 h	1.59  ± 0.07 a	8.32  ± 0.74 b	1.82  ± 0.12 a
4 h	1.82  ± 0.24 a	12.51  ± 0.58 bc	2.09  ± 0.42 a
6 h	2.10  ± 0.13 a	11.86  ± 1.04 bc	2.21  ± 0.33 a
[U-14C]Glucosone
2 h	1.43  ± 0.11 a	5.23  ± 0.32 a	3.93  ± 0.11 b
4 h	2.01  ± 0.24 a	8.38  ± 0.18 b	4.43  ± 0.34 b
6 h	2.02  ± 0.12 a	9.35  ± 1.23 b	3.91  ± 0.59 b

AsA was separated by HPLC from the 60 mm formic acid eluate shown in Table III. Values are means ± sd (n = 2). Values within columns followed by different letters are significantly different (P = 0.05) according to one-way analysis of variance and the least-significant range test.