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Measurements of various constituents and the activities of various enzymes have been made in attached and detached cotyledons of Cucumis sativus. The complex changes observed suggest that there is a reproducible pattern. Comparison of results for attached and detached material shows that, although both become yellow, the other biochemical changes associated with yellowing are not the same.
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Lewington et al. (1967) studied this question.
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