Leaf-closing substance in leucaena leucocephala

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Sohtome, Yoshihiro ^a   Tokunaga, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Yamamura, Shosuke ^a   Ueda, Minoru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf closing substance; Leucaena leucocephala; Nyctinasty; Potassium (2R,3R) 2,3,4 trihydroxy 2 methylbutanoate

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

2,3,4 TRIHYDROXY 2 METHYLBUTANOIC ACID; 2,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-2-METHYLBUTANOIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SUGAR ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

FABACEAE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SUGAR ACIDS;

EID: 0036358286     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.51     Document Type: Article

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