Function of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in aged sunflower seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 543-550

  De Paula, M ^a   Perez Otaola M ^a   Darder, M ^a   Torres, M ^a   Frutos, G ^a   Martinez Honduvilla C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Helianthus annuus; Lipid peroxidation; Malondialdehyde; Seed viability; Sunflower; Total glutathione

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000982071     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.960401.x     Document Type: Article

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