Epicuticular wax compositions of predominant conifers of western North America

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Oros, Daniel R ^a   Standley, Laurel J ^b   Chen, Xiaojing ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicuticular wax composition; Gymnosperms; N alkanes; N Alkanoic acids; N alkanols

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRITERPENOID;

EID: 0033033641     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1999-1-205     Document Type: Article

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