Accumulation of silymarin in milk thistle seeds under drought stress

Planta

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 539-543

  Keshavarz Afshar, Reza ^a   Chaichi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ansari Jovini, Mahya ^a   Jahanzad, Emad ^b   Hashemi, Masoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavonolignans; Medicinal plant; Silybin; Silybum marianum; Water stress

Indexed keywords

SILYBUM MARIANUM;

ANTIOXIDANT; ISOSILYBIN; SILIBININ; SILICRISTIN; SILIDIANIN; SILYMARIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DROUGHTS; MILK THISTLE; SEEDS; SILYMARIN;

EID: 84939473677     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2265-9     Document Type: Article

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