Chemosystematic evaluation of Aloe section Pictae (Asphodelaceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Grace, Olwen M ^a,b   Simmonds, Monique S J ^a   Smith, Gideon F ^b,c   van Wyk, Abraham E ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe; Chemosystematics; Flavonoid; Isoorientin; Isovitexin; Maculate; Pictae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; MONOCOTYLEDON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALOE; ASPHODELACEAE; MACROCARPA;

EID: 76349119448     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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