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Role of red carotenoids in photoprotection during winter acclimation in Buxus sempervirens leaves.
Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 May 2004
Hormaetxe K, Hernández A, Becerril J M, García-Plazaola J I
Abstract excerpt
The red leaf coloration of several plant species during autumn and winter is due to the synthesis of phenolic compounds such as anthocyanins or red carotenoids. The latter occur very rarely and are non-ubiquitous and taxonomically restricted compounds. The present study shows that the leaves of common box ( Buxus sempervirens L.) accumulate red carotenoids (eschscholtzxanthin, monoanhydroeschscholtzxanthin,...
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