Ascorbate and ascorbate-dependent enzymes in detached tomato leaves under conditions modulating the ascorbate pool

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-333

  Kuźniak, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ascorbate metabolising enzymes; Ascorbic acid pool; L galactono 1,4 lactone; Lycorine; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 4944222298     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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