Enhancement of vitamin E production in sunflower cell cultures

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-179

  Caretto, Sofia ^a   Speth, Elena Bray ^a,b   Fachechi, Christian ^a   Gala, Rosa ^a   Zacheo, Giuseppe ^a   Giovinazzo, Giovanna ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Antioxidants; Cell culture; Sunflower; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE; VITAMINS;

IN-VITRO PRODUCTION; TOCOPHEROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ARYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CASAMINO ACIDS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; INOSITOL; KINETIN; N BENZYLADENINE; N-BENZYLADENINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNFLOWER; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ADENINE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; HELIANTHUS; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; INOSITOL; KINETIN; NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VITAMIN E;

CELLS; HELIANTHUS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; VITAMINS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 4644299339     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0799-6     Document Type: Article

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