Phyto-saponins as a natural adjuvant for delivery of agromaterials through plant cuticle membranes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6277-6285

  Chapagain, Bishnu P ^a   Wiesman, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balanites aegyptiaca; Cuticle membrane; Nanovesicles; Phyto saponins; Phytoadjuvant; Quillaja saponaria

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; SAPONIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGROCHEMICALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SAPONINS;

BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CITRUS MAXIMA; QUILLAJA; QUILLAJA SAPONARIA; SAPONARIA;

EID: 33748560122     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060591y     Document Type: Article

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