Exogenous supply of pantoyl lactone to excised leaves increases their pantothenate levels

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1033-1037

  Rathinasabapathi, Bala ^a   Raman, Suresh Babu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine; Alanine betaine; Limonium latifolium; Lycopersicon esculentum; Osmoprotection; Pantoate; Pantothenate

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; LIMONIUM LATIFOLIUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; PANTOLACTONE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BEAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLUMBAGINACEAE; TOMATO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ALANINE; KINETICS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLUMBAGINACEAE; VALINE;

EID: 21244447696     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci114     Document Type: Article

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