Enhancing effect of UV-light on the accumulation of carthamine in dyer's saffron florets

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section C - Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 667-670

  Saito, Koshi ^a   Utsumi, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dyer's Saffron (Carthamus tinctorius), Carthamine Accumulation; UV Light

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030237126     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1996-9-1011     Document Type: Article

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