Calorimetric properties of water and triacylglycerols in fern spores relating to storage at cryogenic temperatures

Cryobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Ballesteros, Daniel ^a   Walters, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Ex situ conservation; Fern spores; Germplasm; Relative humidity; Triacylglycerol; Unfrozen water; Water content

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LIQUID NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESICCATION; ENTHALPY; FERN SPORE; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRYOPTERIS; FERNS; FREEZING; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYSTICHUM; PTERIS; SPORES; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER;

DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS; FILICOPHYTA; POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM; POLYSTICHUM SETIFERUM; PTERIS VITTATA; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34447504781     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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