Ascorbate as a biosynthetic precursor in plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Debolt, Seth ^a,b   Melino, Vanessa ^a   Ford, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Grapes; Metabolism; Oxalate; Tartrate; Vitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACID; VINE; VITAMIN;

VITACEAE; VITIS;

ASCORBIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

FRUIT; GRAPE; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

ASCORBIC ACID; FRUIT; OXALIC ACID; PLANTS; TARTRATES; VITIS;

EID: 34047200075     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl236     Document Type: Article

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