Research note: Autoradiography utilising labelled ascorbic acid reveals biochemical and morphological details in diverse calcium oxalate crystal-forming species

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-342

  Kostman, Todd A ^a   Tarlyn, Nathan M ^b   Franceschi, Vincent R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Calcium oxalate; Crystal idioblasts; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; FRUITS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTAL IDIOBLASTS; MICROAUTORADIOGRAPHY; RESIN EMBEDDING; STYLOIDS;

VITAMINS;

BIOMARKER; CALCIUM; CRYSTAL; ORGANIC ACID; OXALATE; OXALIC ACID; PLANT; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASCORBIC ACID; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY; TOMATOES;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LILIUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NYMPHAEA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS;

EID: 34247394243     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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