Crystal structures and chemical composition of leaf surface wax depositions on the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-730

  Xu, Shu Jun ^a   Jiang, Ping An ^b   Wang, Zheng Wu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Alkanes; Cuticular waxes; Dehydration hydration cycle; Desert moss (Syntrichia caninervis Mitt.); Fatty acids; Hexadecanoic acid; Leaf aging; Octadecanoic acid; Oleic acid

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALCOHOL; ALKANE; ARID REGION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; DEHYDRATION; FATTY ACID; HYDRATION; LEAF; MOSS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; WAX;

BRYOPHYTA; SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 74149089072     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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