Role of antioxidative system during the development and senescence of cucumber fruit

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 793-797

  Qian, C L ^a   Zhao, Y Y ^b   Mi, H B ^a   Chen, X H ^a   Guo, L J ^a   Mao, L C ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ascorbate; ascorbate peroxidase; catalase; glutathione; glutathione reductase; oxidative stress; peroxidase; redox state; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862750532     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0126-y     Document Type: Article

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