Effect of cold treatment on enzymic and nonenzymic antioxidant activities in leaves of chilling - Tolerant and chilling - Sensitive cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 967-973

  Shen, Wenyun ^a   Nada, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tachibana, Shoji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbate peroxidase; Chilling tolerance; Cucumber; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CATALASE; COLD RESISTANCE; CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUAIACOL PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032881825     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.68.967     Document Type: Article

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