A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers

When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene promotes.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news128959515.html">A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers</a></p> <p>When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene promotes.</p>