Seed components and taxonomy of some Acacia species

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Lamarque, Alicia L ^a   Fortunato, Renée H ^b   Maestri, Damián M ^a   Guzmán, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acacia; Cerotic acid; Chemotaxonomy; Fabaceae; Fatty acids; Mimosoideae; Seeds

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; TAXONOMY;

ACACIA EMILIOANA;

EID: 0033992508     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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