Investigation of the most important secondary metabolites of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in Caspian climate

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-381

  Rahnavard, Aptin ^a   Daneshian, Jahanfar ^b   Heravan, Eslam Majidi ^c   Valadabadi, Seyed Alireza ^d   Golein, Behrooz ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e Citrus Research Institute of Ramsar   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian climate; Hypericum perforatum L.; Secondary metabolites; Soil nutrition

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLAVONOID; HYPERICIN; MAGNESIUM; PHENOL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IRAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SOIL;

EID: 84862195066     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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