Glutathione half-cell reduction potential as a seed viability marker of the potential oilseed crop Vernonia galamensis

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Seal, Charlotte E ^a   Zammit, Rosa ^b   Scott, Peter ^b   Nyamongo, Desterio O ^c   Daws, Matthew I ^a   Kranner, Ilse ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ageing; Glutathione; Seed; Tocopherol; Vernonia galamensis; Viability

Indexed keywords

AGEING; GLUTATHIONE; TOCOPHEROL; VERNONIA GALAMENSIS; VIABILITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

SEED;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; COMMERCIALIZATION; ELECTROLYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FATTY ACID; HERB; MEMBRANE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEPTIDE; SEED; VIABILITY;

VERNONIA; VERNONIA GALAMENSIS;

EID: 77957243705     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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