Some limitations and potentialities of the spectrophotometric assay of pigments extracted from leaves of higher plants

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 800-809

  Merzlyak, M N ^a   Chivkunova, O B ^a   Lehimena, L ^a   Belevich, N P ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acer platanoides; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Cornus sanguinea; Cucumis sativus; Pigments; Pisum sativum; Rumex acetoza; Spectrophotometry; Triticum aestivum; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509418     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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