Determination and Involvement of Aqueous Reducing Compounds in Oxidative Defense Systems of Various Senescing Leaves

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1813-1819

  Meir, Shimon ^a   Kanner, Joseph ^a   Akiri, Bezalel ^a   Philosoph Hadas, Sonia ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; basil; leaves; Ocimum basilicum; oxidative defense; parsley; Petroselinum crispum; phenolic compounds; reductants; Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum; sage; Salvia officinalis L; senescence; watercress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000570984     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf00055a012     Document Type: Article

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