Lipid peroxidation and α-tocopherol content in α-tocopherol-supplemented thylakoid membranes during UV-B exposure

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Delong, John M ^a   Steffen, Kenneth L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Lipid peroxidation; Spinacia oleracea; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; Thylakoid membranes; UV B

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PRODUCT; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; TOCOPHEROL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0031961055     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(97)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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