Tocotrienols, the unsaturated forms of vitamin E, can function as antioxidants and lipid protectors in tobacco leaves

Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 764-778

  Matringe, Michel ^a   Ksas, Brigitte ^b,c,d   Rey, Pascal ^b,c,d   Havaux, Michel ^b,c,d  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; VITAMIN E;

EID: 48549087302     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.117614     Document Type: Article

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