Photoperiod influences endogenous indoleamines in cultured green alga Dunaliella bardawil

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-240

  Ramakrishna, A ^a   Dayananda, C ^a   Giridhar, P ^a   Rajasekaran, T ^a   Ravishankar, G A ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Dunaliella bardawil; Indoleamines; Melatonin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SEROTONIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL;

EID: 79952126107     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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