Betaines in coastal plants

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 535-543

  Adrian Romero, Maricela ^a,b   Wilson, Sarah J ^a   Blunden, Gerald ^a   Yang, Ming He ^a   Carabot Cuervo, Alfredo ^a   Bashir, Ahmed K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Betaines; Chemotaxonomy; Coastal plants; Glycinebctaine; Prolinebetaine; Trans 4 Hydroxyprolinebetaine; Alaninebetaine

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPROLINE BETAINE; BETA ALANINE BETAINE; BETAINE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE BETAINE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEASHORE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AIZOACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; AVICENNIA MARINA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; SESUVIUM PORTULACASTRUM; SPATRINA; SPATRINA TOWNSENDII; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0031847580     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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