Chemical composition of the epicuticular and intracuticular wax layers on adaxial sides of Rosa canina leaves

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1557-1564

  Buschhaus, Christopher ^a   Herz, Hubert ^b   Jetter, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Cuticular wax; Epicuticular; Intracuticular; Rosa canina leaves; Surface composition; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE; TRITERPENE; WAX;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTICLE; DICOTYLEDON; ESTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAF; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; ROSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALCOHOLS; ALKANES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; ROSA; TRITERPENES; WAXES;

ROSA CANINA;

EID: 36448945128     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm255     Document Type: Article

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