Rapid determination of spore chemistry using thermochemolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-694

  Watson, Jonathan S ^a   Sephton, Mark A ^b   Sephton, Sarah V ^a   Self, Stephen ^a   Fraser, Wesley T ^a   Lomax, Barry H ^c   Gilmour, Iain ^a   Wellman, Charles H ^c   Beerling, David J ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERULIC ACID; PARA COUMARIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LYCOPODIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

LYCOPODIELLA CERNUA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 34249981527     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b617794h     Document Type: Article

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