Effect of nitrate fertilization and saline stress on the contents of active constituents of Echinacea angustifolia DC

Food Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1461-1466

  Montanari, Marco ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Elena ^a   Maggini, Rita ^a   Pacifici, Silvia ^a   Pardossi, Alberto ^a   Guidi, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echinacea angustifolia; Hydroponics; NO3 : NH4+ ratio; PAL activity; Saline stress; SKDH activity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; CYNARINE; ECHINACOSIDE; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SHIKIMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECHINACEA; FERTILIZATION; HYDROPONICS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SALINITY; SALT STRESS;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 36448965198     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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