Medical Definition of Abscisic acid

1. A lipid hormone that inhibits cell growth in plants, it is associated with fruit drop, leaf death and seed dormancy. It is synthesised in the plastids from carotenoids. This hormone helps plants deal with water loss, and its effects can be reversed with gibberellins. (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abscisic Acid

Abruzzi e Molise
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abscisic acid (current term)
abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase
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