Influence of the degree of solvent impurity on the spectrophotometric determination of chlorophylis in 80 % aqueous acetone and dimethyl formamide. Application to non-abrasive extraction of leaves of Citrus aurantium

Photosynthetica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-550

  Garcia A L ^a   Nicolas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHLOROPHYLL; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY;

CITRUS AURANTIUM;

EID: 0032448159     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006978907364     Document Type: Article

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