Effect of Acute Drought Stress and Time of Harvest on Phytochemistry and Dry Weight of St. John's Wort Leaves and Flowers

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1024-1030

  Gray, Dean E ^a   Pallardy, Stephen G ^b   Garrett, H E ^b   Rottinghaus, George E ^c  

^a MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusiaceae; Drought stress; Flavonoids; Hyperforin; Hypericin; Hypericum perforatum; St. John's wort

Indexed keywords

ADHYPERFORIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; HYPERICIN; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; PERFORIN; PSEUDOHYPERICIN; QUERCETIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROUGHT STRESS; DRY WEIGHT; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; HARVEST PERIOD; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT WATER RELATION; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS;

CLUSIACEAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 0347320510     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45150     Document Type: Article

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