Cyclitol galactosides in embryos of buckwheat stem-leaf-seed explants fed D-chiro-inositol, myo-inositol or D-pinitol

Seed Science Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-338

  Ma, Janet M ^a   Horbowicz, Marcin ^a,b   Obendorf, Ralph L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Research Institute of Vegetable Crops   (Poland)

Author keywords

Buckwheat seed; Cyclitol transport; D chiro inositol; Fagopyritol; Fagopyrum esculentum; Polygonaceae

Indexed keywords

COTYLEDON (GENUS); FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 30744449553     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SSR2005221     Document Type: Article

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