Centelloside accumulation in leaves of Centella asiatica is determined by resource partitioning between primary and secondary metabolism while influenced by supply levels of either nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1165-1175

  Müller, Viola ^a   Lankes, Christa ^a   Zimmermann, Benno F ^a   Noga, Georg ^a   Hunsche, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asiaticoside; Nutrient; Photosynthesis; Saponin; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ASIATICOSIDE; ASSIMILATION RATE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; PHENARSAZINE CHLORIDE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RHAMNOSE; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CARBON/NUTRIENT BALANCE HYPOTHESIS; CENTELLA; CHEMISTRY; CNB; DRY MASS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESI-MS; GDB; GLU; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION BALANCE HYPOTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERB YIELD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HY; HYDROPONICS; LEAF YIELD; LY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; OPPP; P; PAR; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANT LEAF; PN; RHA; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOIL; TRADE-OFF; WEEKS OF TREATMENT APPLICATION; WTA;

ASIATICOSIDE; ASSIMILATION RATE; CARBON/NUTRIENT BALANCE HYPOTHESIS; CNB; DM; DRY MASS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESI-MS; GDB; GLU; GLUCOSE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION BALANCE HYPOTHESIS; HERB YIELD; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPLC; HY; LEAF YIELD; LY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; OPPP; OXIDATIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; P; PAR; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION; PN; POTASSIUM; RHA; RHAMNOSE; SAPONIN; TRADE-OFF; WEEKS OF TREATMENT APPLICATION; WTA;

CENTELLA; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROPONICS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM; SAPOGENINS; SAPONINS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOIL; TRITERPENES;

CENTELLA ASIATICA;

EID: 84880329048     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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