L'acido mugineico è un fitosideroforo presente nelle graminacee. Lega il ferro allo stato di ossidazione +3 (FeIII).
Bibliografia Ma, JF, and K Nomoto. 1996. Effective regulation of iron acquisition in graminaceous plants. The role of mugineic acids as phytosiderophores Physiol. Plant. 97:609-617. Mino, Y, et al. 1983. Mugineic acid-iron(III) complex and its structurally analogous cobalt(III) complex: Characterization and implication for absorption and transport of iron in graminaceous plants J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105:4671-4676.
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