Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, Punjab, India
*Corresponding author dhlllonr@rediffmail.com
Carotol, isolated from essential oil of Daucus carota by Dean Stark apparatus, upon treatement with sodium triacetoxyborohydride (STAB) at room temperature yielded a diol. Diol was converted to its monoacetyl derivative and upon oxidation with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) to the corresponding ketol. The monoacetyl and ketol derivatives and carotol were then screened for the pollen tube growth of Pisum sativum. The result showed the increase of the pollen tube growth only with ketol derivative of carotol in comparison with that of control.
Carotol, Daucus carota, sodium triacetoxyborohydride, monoacetyl and ketol derivatives, Pisum sativum, pollen tube growth
