zeatinhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeatin_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeatin, n.
Revised 2018

zeatinnoun

Biochemistry.
  1. 1963–
    A plant hormone (a cytokinin) first isolated from maize kernels and found in a variety of other plants; (also) an isomer or derivative of this.
    Chemical name: (E)-2-methyl-4-(1H-purin-6-ylamino)-2-buten-1-ol; C10H13N5O.
    1. 1963
      For this factor the name zeatin is proposed since it was first isolated in crystalline form from Zea mays.
      D. S. Letham in Life Science vol. 2 572
    2. 1973
      Coconut milk..contains a high concentration of zeatin.
      D. W. Krogmann, Biochem. Green Plants xi. 196
    3. 1980
      All the cytokinins, at 10−6 M and above, inhibited both the initiation and the emergence of lateral roots, zeatin being the most powerful inhibitor.
      Physiologia Plantarum vol. 49 304/1
    4. 2014
      The plant..is also rich in zeatin, a plant hormone which has an anti-ageing effect on skin cells.
      MailOnline (Nexis) 19 April

zeatin, n. was revised in June 2018.

zeatin, n. was last modified in July 2023.