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THE stem tissue of pineapple plants (Ananas comosus, var. Cayenne) contains appreciable amounts of hydroxy-cinnamic acid derivatives (‘phenolics’), largely as a quinic acid ester of p-coumaric acid1,2 and an ester of ferulic acid. These phenolics are implicated in the metabolism of the plant growth hormone, indolyl-3-acetic acid3,4.
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GORTNER, W. Tissue Hydroxy-cinnamic Acids and Soil Moisture Stress. Nature 197, 1316–1317 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971316a0
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