Floral nectar chemical composition of some species from patagonia

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 395-402

  Forcone, Alicia ^a   Galetto, Leonardo ^b   Bernardello, L ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional San Juan Bosco   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiospermae; Nectar chemical analyses; Nectar sugar composition; Patagonia; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030752899     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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