Spectrophotometric assessment of leaf UV-B absorbing compounds and chemically determined total phenolic levels are strongly correlated

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 690-694

  Levizou, E ^a   Manetas, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Mediterranean plants; Phenolics; UV B absorbing capacity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ECOLOGY; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SCREENING PIGMENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSORPTION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0036367567     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-050     Document Type: Article

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