Identification and quantification of surface wax compounds covering aerial organs of selected plant species
The cuticle is an external barrier of aerial plant organs that prevents desiccation. It is composed of hydrophobic waxes, i.e. complex mixtures of very-long-chain aliphatics, alicyclics and aromatics, lying on top of (epicuticular) and in between (intracuticular) a polyester matrix known as cutin. W...
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University of British Columbia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58834 |