N6-Benzyladenine (6-BAP) is a synthetic cytokinin that stimulates plant growth and regulates de novo bud development, leaf expansion, delay of senescence, and chloroplast formation in plants.1,2 6-BAP inhibits respiratory kinase in plants and increases post-harvest life of green vegetables.2,3 6-BAP also increases lipid and docosahexaenoic acid production in Aurantiochytrium species.3 6-BAP treatment of myeloid leukemia cells induces differentiation into granulocytes.4
1.Werner, T., Motyka, V., Strnad, M., et al.Regulation of plant growth by cytokininProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA98(18)10487-10492(2001) 2.An, J., Zhang, M., Lu, Q., et al.Effect of a prestorage treatment with 6-benzylaminopurine and modified atmosphere packaging storage on the respiration and quality of green asparagus spearsJ. Food. Eng.77(4)951-957(2006) 3.Yu, X.-J., Sun, J., Zheng, J.-Y., et al.Metabolomics analysis reveals 6-benzylaminopurine as a stimulator for improving lipid and DHA accumulation of Aurantiochytrium sp.J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol.91(4)1199-1207(2016) 4.Ishii, Y., Hori, Y., Sakai, S., et al.Control of differentiation and apoptosis of human myeloid leukemia cells by cytokinins and cytokinin nucleosides, plant redifferentiation-inducing hormonesCell Growth Differ.13(1)19-26(2002)