Responses of the maize plant to chromium stress with reference to antioxidation activity

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-212

  Maiti, Saborni ^a   Ghosh, Nirmalia ^a   Mandal, Chiranjib ^a   Das, Kingsuk ^a   Dey, Narottam ^b   Adak, Malay Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidative enzymes; MDA; Protein oxidation; ROS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874090093     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: 16779452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-04202012000300007     Document Type: Article

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