Localization of plaunotol in the leaf of croton stellatopilosus Ohba

ScienceAsia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-20

  Sitthlthawom, Worapan ^a   Potduang, Buppachart ^b   De Eknamkul, Wanchai ^c  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Croton stellatopilosus Ohba; Euphorbiaceae; Palisade mesophyll cells; Plaunotol; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645759682     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2006.32.017     Document Type: Article

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