Sub-lethal levels of electric current elicit the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Kaimoyo, Evans ^a   Farag, Mohamed A ^c,d   Sumner, Lloyd W ^c   Wasmann, Catherine ^a   Cuello, Joel L ^b   VanEtten, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ELICITATION; ELICITORS; PLANT COMPOUNDS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SEED; TISSUE;

METABOLITES;

PISATIN; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKPEA; CLOVER; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FENUGREEK; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPONICS; METABOLISM; PEA; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SORGHUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CICER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYDROPONICS; PEAS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; PTEROCARPANS; SEEDLING; SORGHUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIGONELLA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CICER ARIETINUM; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 42049085667     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp0703329     Document Type: Article

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