Accumulation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in periwinkle seedlings (Catharanthus roseus) as a model for the study of plant-environment interactions

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-210

  Miranda Ham, María De Lourdes ^a   Islas Flores, Ignacio ^a   Vázquez Flota, Felipe ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Catharanthus roseus; Plant environment interactions; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATHARANTHINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TERPENE; TERPENOID; TRYPTAMINE; VINDOLINE;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SEEDLING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 34248595804     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.60     Document Type: Article

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