Free Polyamine Contents and Decarboxylase Activities during Tomato Development and Ripening

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2608-2611

  Morilla, Ana ^a   García, José M ^a   Albi, Miguel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Fruit ripening; Lycopersicon esculentum; Postharvest; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0001185919     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950672m     Document Type: Article

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