Desiccation Tolerance in Higher Plants Related to Free Radical Defences

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-214

  Navari Izzo, F ^a   Quartacci, M F ^a   Sgherri, C L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Free radicals; Glutathione; Membrane damage; Resurrection plants; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000956972     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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