The function of tocopherols and tocotrienols in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-57

  Munné Bosch, Sergi ^a   Alegre, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chloroplast; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036166427     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(02)80037-5     Document Type: Review

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