Changes in the content of γ-linolenic C18: 3 (n-6) and stearidonic C18: 4 (n-3) acids in developing seeds of viper's bugloss Echium vulgare L.

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 741-746

  Stolyhwo, Andrzej ^a   Mol, Jolanta ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Konopnicka Grammar School   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; Echium vulgare L.; Lipids; Octadecatetraenoic acid; Seeds; Stearidonic acid; Viper's bugloss; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

ANCHUSA; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 38149053974     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2007_3148     Document Type: Article

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