Plant epicuticular waxes: Chemistry, form, self-Assembly and function

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1067-1072

  Koch, Kerstin ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epicuticular waxes; Self Assembly; Wax chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149091832     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600101123     Document Type: Article

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