Tree- and needle-age-dependent variations in antioxidants and photoprotective pigments in Norway spruce needles at the alpine timberline

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 591-596

  Tegischer, Karin ^a   Tausz, M ^a   Wieser, G ^a   Grill, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Glutathione; Needle surface area; Picea abies; Reactive oxygen species; Tocopherol; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIOXIDANT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PIGMENT; TREE;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA-CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTATHIONE; NEOXANTHIN; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPRUCE; TREE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTATHIONE; PICEA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0036018229     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.8.591     Document Type: Article

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