A simple and rapid extraction method of carbohydrates from petals or sepals of four floricultural plants for determination of their content

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Norikoshi, Ryo ^a,b   Imanishi, Hideo ^b   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate extraction; Carnation; Delphinium; Rose; Tweedia caerulea

Indexed keywords

DELPHINIUM; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; TWEEDIA;

EID: 48649106213     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.77.289     Document Type: Article

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