Significance of skin flavonoids for UV-B-protection in apple fruits

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 1977-1984

  Solovchenko, Alexei ^a   Schmitz Eiberger, Michaela ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apple; Phenolic compounds; Photosystem II; Protection; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SKIN; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHOTOSYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; QUERCETIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MALUS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; QUERCETIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0043206218     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg199     Document Type: Article

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