I-6-Benzylaminopurine (6-BA) iyisilawuli sokukhula kwesitshalo esifana ne-cytokinin. Emkhakheni wokulondoloza okuluhlaza okunamaqabunga, i-6-Benzylaminopurine iyisilawuli sokukhula kwesitshalo esifana ne-cytokinin esinesakhiwo samangqamuzana esifana nama-cytokinins emvelo. Ingakwazi ukulingisa imisebenzi ye-physiological yama-hormone e-endogenous, ibe nomthelela ekukhuleni kwezitshalo ngokulawula ukuhlukaniswa kwamaseli ezitshalo kanye nokubambezeleka kokukhula.
Emibhideni enamahlamvu, ivamise ukusetshenziswa njenge-anti-senescence kanye ne-ejenti yokwandisa isivuno ukuthuthukisa isivuno kanye nekhwalithi.
I-Mechanism of Action kanye Nemiphumela ye-6-BA: I-6-Benzylaminopurine (6-BA) ngokuyinhloko isheshisa ukukhula ngokwenza kusebenze ukubonakaliswa kwezakhi zofuzo ezihlobene nokuhlukaniswa kwamangqamuzana ezitshalo, okugqugquzela ukwanda kwamangqamuzana ezicutshini ze-meristematic (njengamathiphu ezimpande namathiphu wokuthwebula), ukwandisa inani lamaseli esitho.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-6-BA ingavimbela ukusebenza kwama-enzyme e-chlorophyll-ehlisa izinga, ibambezele ukukhula kwamaqabunga, yelule isikhathi se-photosynthetic, futhi ithuthukise ukumelana kwezitshalo ezimweni ezimbi njengesomiso namazinga okushisa aphansi. Emifino enamahlamvu, le ndawo isiza ukugcina amaqabunga aluhlaza agqamile, inciphisa ukuphuzi, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ikhulise isivuno endaweni ngayinye. Isibonelo, ukufafaza kungakhuthaza ukuthuthwa kwezakhi eziya emaqabungeni nasezitho zezomnotho, ukuthuthukisa umbala kanye nesisindo esisha semifino enamahlamvu.