High levels of antioxidant enzymes correlate with delayed senescence in nonnetted muskmelon fruits

Planta

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-382

  Lacan, Dominique ^a   Baccou, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Active oxygen species; Antioxidant enzymes Cucumis (senescence); Lipid peroxidation; Lipoxygenase activity; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031884827     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050269     Document Type: Article

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