Spectrophotometer-aided evaluation of cyanogenic potential in white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-173

  Tava, Aldo ^a   Annicchiarico, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanogenesis; Genetic variation; Spectrophotometric evaluation; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; GENES; HYDROGEN; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ALKALINES; BULK MATERIALS; CYANOGENESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INCUBATION TIME; PLANT MATERIAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC EVALUATION; TRIFOLIUM REPEN; VISUAL EVALUATION; WHITE CLOVER;

SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PICRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0034057702     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(200005/06)11:3<169::AID-PCA511>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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