The tropical fig Ficus microcarpa L. f. cv. Golden leaves lacks heat-stable dehydroascorbate reductase activity

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 640-646

  Yamasaki, Hideo ^a   Takahashi, Shunichi ^a   Heshiki, Rika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen; Ascorbate metabolism; Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Dehydroascorbate; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASCORBIC ACID; ASSAY; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; GEL FILTRATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; SPINACH; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD RELATIVE;

FICUS MICROCARPA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0032773662     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029587     Document Type: Article

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