CDEC (Vegedex) (2-Chloroallyl-N,N-diethyldithio-carbamate) 
Plants were able to metabolize the 2-carbon of the allyl group as 
cl4o,, One of the primary metabolities of the 2-chloroallyl moiety was 
lactic acid. Distribution of radioactivity, as shown by using 2 dimen- 
sional chromatography, indicated that almost all amino acids were labeled 
with cl, with the highest attivity in asparagine, histidine and glut- 
amine (Hannah, 1955; Jaworski, 1964). 
S H., -CH 
ry as 4 
CHy=C-CHy shal CH3-CH-C. 
CH, -CH 
Cl 20e"3 on | «(OF 
CDEC Lactic Acid 
CH»=C-CH 20H Amino Acids 
( 
Cl 
2-Chloroallyl Alcohol 
or 
0 0 S CH, -CH 
f 
H-& + Sc-cHy -8-C-NC 2 ° 
OH HO CH, -CH, 
2(Diethylthiocarbamyl) Acetic Acid 
2 pe CH3-CH2 
HC. + HO-CH “ + CS» + 
OH OH CH3-CH) 
Glycolic Acid 
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