Mono-carboxylic acids and their salts inhibit wound-induced phenolic accumulation in excised lettuce (Lactuca sativa) leaf tissue

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 454-463

  Saltveit, Mikal E ^a   Choi, Young Jun ^a   Tomás Barberán, Francisco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LETTUCE; TISSUE BROWNING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 28444498929     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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