Antioxidant composition of selected high alpine plant species from different altitudes

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 138-146

  Wildi, B ^a   Lutz C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Altitude effects; Antioxidants; Pigments; Stress avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030037931     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00235.x     Document Type: Article

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