Analysis of the free amino acid content in pollen of nine Asteraceae species of known allergenic activity

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Mondal, Amal K ^a   Parui, Sanjukta ^a   Mandal, Sudhendu ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Free amino acids; Pollen; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTERACEAE; HUMANS; POLLEN; PROLINE;

ACMELLA; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ASTERACEAE; BLUMEA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; EUPATORIUM; GNAPHALIUM; GNAPHALIUM INDICUM; MIKANIA SCANDENS; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; SPILANTHES ACMELLA; VERNONIA CINEREA; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 0031801002     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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