Ultrastructural effects of AAL-toxin T(A) from the fungus Alternaria alternata on black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) leaf discs and correlation with biochemical measures of toxicity

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1821-1832

  Abbas, H K ^a   Paul, R N ^a   Riley, R T ^b   Tanaka, T ^c   Shier, W T ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROLYTE; MYCOTOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; LIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNARIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROLYTES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGI; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYCOTOXINS; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032402045     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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