n-Alkane distribution of leaves of Psidium guajava exposed to industrial air pollutants

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 100-105

  Furlan, Cláudia M ^a   Santos, Déborah Y A C ^a   Salatino, Antonio ^a   Domingos, Marisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cubat o; Epicuticular waxes; Myrtaceae; n Alkanes; Psidium guajava

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAF; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYRTACEAE; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 33748757928     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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