Oxidative damage caused by an excess of copper in oat leaves

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 11-15

  Luna, Celina M ^a   González, Claudio A ^a   Trippi, Victorio S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Copper; Free radical; Heavy metal; Oat; Oxidative stress; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028120640     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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