Betaine distribution in the Amaranthaceae

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Blunden, Gerald ^a   Yang, Ming He ^a   Janicsák, Gábor ^b   Máthé, Imre ^b,c   Carabot Cuervo, Alfredo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amaranthaceae; Betaines; Chemotaxonomy; Glycinebetaine; Trigonelline

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLYCINE; TRIGONELLINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AERVA; ALTERNANTHERA; AMARANTHUS; CELOSIA; CHAMISSOA; CYATHULA GENICULATA; FROELICHIA; GOMPHRENA; IRESINE;

EID: 0032890045     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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