Epicuticular waxes from caatinga and cerrado species and their efficiency against water loss

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-439

  Oliveira, Antonio F M ^a   Meirelles, Sérgio T ^a   Salatino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Cerrado; Epicuticular waxes; n alkanes; Triterpenoids; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIA; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA PYRIFOLIUM; CAPPARIS; DIDYMOPANAX; MAYTENUS; STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA; TOCOYENA; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 0344154300     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652003000400003     Document Type: Article

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