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Plant Physiology 65:245-248 (1980)
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Lipid Peroxidation Associated with Accelerated Aging of Soybean Axes 1

Robert R. C. Stewart and J. Derek Bewley

Department of Biology, University of Calgary, 2920 24 Avenue N. W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada

Soybean seeds age rapidly during storage at high temperature and high relative humidity. The axes of such aged seeds contain high levels of malondialdehyde, a product of the peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. The levels of linoleic (18:2) and linolenic (18:3) acids in a polar lipid (phospholipid) fraction decrease during aging and more dramatically during postaging deterioration. None of these changes occurred in seeds that have been stored at high temperature but low relative humidity. No superoxide dismutase activity was detected in any nonimbibed seed. In viable seeds, activity was detectable 1.5 hours after the onset of imbibition, but none was found in aged seeds up to 5 hours. It is suggested that aging leads to peroxidative changes to lipids and that these could contribute to loss of viability.

1 This work was supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grant A6352.




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