Relationship between leaf structure and aloin content in six species of Aloe L

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 594-600

  Li, Jing Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Tai Xia ^a   Shen, Zong Gen ^a   Hu, Zheng Hai ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aloe; Aloin content; Fluorescent microscope; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Leaf structure; Semi thin section

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; LEAF; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ALOE GREENII; ALOE MUTABILIS; ALOE SAPONARIA; ALOE VERA; SAPONARIA;

EID: 0042858521     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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