Very long chain alkylresorcinols accumulate in the intracuticular wax of rye (Secale cereale L.) leaves near the tissue surface

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1197-1207

  Ji, Xiufeng ^a   Jetter, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chain lengths; Epicuticular wax; GC MS; Gramineae; Intracuticular wax; Rye; Secale cereale

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; FATTY ACID; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; STEROID; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RYE; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKANES; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; RESORCINOLS; SECALE CEREALE; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WAXES;

POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 39649124449     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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