Method for the Production and Characterization of Tomato Cutin Oligomers

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2134-2137

  Osman, Stanley F ^a   Gerard, Herve C ^a   Fett, William F ^a   Moreau, Robert A ^a   Dudley, Robert L ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutin; depolymerization; dihydroxyhexadecanoate; oligomers; tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001020072     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf00056a033     Document Type: Article

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