Intracellular localization of capsaicin and its analogues, capsaicinoid, in capsicum fruit 1. Microscopic investigation of the structure of the placenta of capsicum annuum var. annuum cv. karayatsubusa

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 839-853

  Suzuki, Tetsuya ^a   Fujiwake, Hideshi ^a   Iwai, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulation site; Capsaicin and its analogues; Hot pepper fruit; Intracellular localization; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultraviolet microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002444676     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a076058     Document Type: Article

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