Warm Temperatures or Drought during Seed Maturation Increase Free α-Tocopherol in Seeds of Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.)

Soybean seeds are an important source of dietary tocopherols, but like seeds of other dicotyledonous plants, they contain relatively little α-tocopherol, the form with the greatest vitamin E activity. To evaluate potential effects of environmental stress during seed maturation on tocopherols, soybea...

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