Polyphenol increases in safflower and cucumber seedlings exposed to strong visible light with limited water

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-72

  Yaginuma, Satoe ^a   Shiraishi, Takuo ^a   Ohya, Hiroaki ^a,b   Igarashi, Kiharu ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Inst for Life Support Technology   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.); Light stress; Light water stress; Polyphenol; Safflower (Carthamus tinctrius L.)

Indexed keywords

CARTHAMUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CUCUMBER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTERACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; LIGHT; LUTEOLIN; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERS; SEEDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0036357101     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.65     Document Type: Article

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