Seeds of grapes of vitis vinifera var. alphonse lavallee (royal): A possible model tissue for studying tocotrienol biosynthesis

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 652, Issue , 2004, Pages 415-424

  Horvath, Gy ^a   Guisez, Y ^a   Biebaut, E ^a   Caubergs, R J ^a   Horemans, N ^a   Wessjohann, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 methyl 6 geranylgeranyl quinol; Homogentisic acid; Tocopherol tocotrienol

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745445526     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.652.55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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