Saikosaponin accumulation and antioxidative protection in drought-stressed Bupleurum chinense DC. plants

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-333

  Zhu, Zaibiao ^a,b,c   Liang, Zongsuo ^a,b   Han, Ruilian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Bupleurum chinense DC.; Lipid peroxidation; Saikosaponin; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; DROUGHT STRESS; HERB; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; TERPENE; TOLERANCE;

BUPLEURUM; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE;

EID: 67349210647     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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