A high-resolution method for the localization of proanthocyanidins in plant tissues

Plant Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Abeynayake, Shamila W ^a,b,c   Panter, Stephen ^a,b   Mouradov, Aidyn ^a,b,c   Spangenberg, German ^a,b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 79956223698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-7-13     Document Type: Article

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