Contribution of anthocyanins to the antioxidant capacity of juvenile and senescing sugar maple (Acer saccharum) leaves

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 714-719

  Van Den Berg, Abby K ^a   Perkins, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radical scavenging; Leaf expansion; Leaf senescence; Photooxidative stress; Photoprotection

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCAVENGING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; PHOTOPROTECTION; SENESCING LEAVES;

PIGMENTS;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIOXIDANT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FREE RADICAL; JUVENILE; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PIGMENT; SENESCENCE;

ACER SACCHARUM; FREE RADICALS; PIGMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUGAR;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 34547128588     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07060     Document Type: Article

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