Isolation and characterization of 24-Epibrassinolide from Brassica juncea L. and its effects on growth, Ni ion uptake, antioxidant defense of Brassica plants and in vitro cytotoxicity

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1351-1362

  Kanwar, Mukesh Kumar ^a,b   Bhardwaj, Renu ^a   Chowdhary, Sikandar Pal ^c   Arora, Priya ^a   Sharma, Priyanka ^a   Kumar, Subodh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB WORLD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

24 Epibrassinolide; Antioxidant enzymes and cytotoxicity; Brassica juncea; Brassinosteroid

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 84875218838     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1175-8     Document Type: Article

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