Growth and accumulation of caffeic acid derivatives in Echinacea angustifolia DC. var. angustifolia grown in hydroponic culture

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-273

  Maggini, Rita ^a   Tozzini, Letizia ^a   Pacifici, Silvia ^a   Raffaelli, Andrea ^b   Pardossi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid derivatives; Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia; Echinacoside; Floating raft system; Medicinal plant; Soilless culture

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACIDS; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA VAR. ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACOSIDE; FLOATING RAFTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; SOIL-LESS CULTURE;

HARVESTING; TISSUE;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HYDROPONICS; LEAF; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 80051927538     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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