Antioxidant capacities of green and cyanic leaves in the sun species, Quintinia serrata

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1437-1443

  Neill, Samuel O ^a   Gould, Kevin S ^a   Kilmartin, Paul A ^b   Mitchell, Kevin A ^c   Markham, Kenneth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Antioxidant; Photoprotection; Quintinia serrata; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; LEAF; PHOTOPROTECTION;

ELATOSTEMA; QUINTINIA;

EID: 0036944924     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP02100     Document Type: Article

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