Catechin as a radical scavenger in paraquat-treated Prunus avium

Journal of Applied Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Feucht, Walter ^a   Treutter, Dieter ^a   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^b   Christ, Elmar ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 5544288418     PISSN: 09495460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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