Measuring antioxidants in tree species in the natural environment: From sampling to data evaluation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 387, 2003, Pages 1505-1510

  Tausz, Michael ^a   Wonisch, Astrid ^a   Grill, Dieter ^a   Morales, Domingo ^b   Soledad Jiménez, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbate; Carotenoids; Glutathione; Pigments; Principal component analysis; Stress markers; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

PROTECTIVE PIGMENTS;

FORESTRY;

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTATHIONE; PIGMENT;

CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; TREE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA COLLECTION; GLUTATHIONE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PIGMENT; TISSUE; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0038050716     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg175     Document Type: Review

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