Seasonal variation in the polyamines of Ecklonia maxima

Botanica Marina

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-546

  Papenfus, Heino Benoni ^a   Stirk, Wendy Ann ^a   Finnie, Jeffery Franklin ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecklonia maxima; Kelpak ; Polyamines; Seaweed concentrate

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BROWN ALGA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 84867811276     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bot-2012-0150     Document Type: Article

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