Study on antioxidant enzymes in Allium cepa L. and Allium fistulosum L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Stajner D ^a   Milic N ^a   Lazic B ^a   Mimica Dukic N ^b  

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alliums; Catalase peroxidase; Glutathione peroxidase; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ONION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM FISTULOSUM;

EID: 0031711435     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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