Antioxidant activity in extracts from Leptodictyum riparium (Bryophyta), stressed by heavy metals, heat shock, and salinity

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Basile, A ^a   Sorbo, S ^a   Conte, B ^a   Golia, B ^a   Montanari, S ^a   Cobianchi, R Castaldo ^a   Esposito, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Heat shock; Heavy metals stress; In corsivo; Leptodictyum riparium; Moss; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; LEPTODICTYUM RIPARIUM;

EID: 79952504880     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2010.509935     Document Type: Article

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