Changes of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid-Derived Flavor Compounds by Expressing the Yeast Δ-9 Desaturase Gene in Tomato

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3399-3402

  Wang, Chunlin ^a   Chin, Chee Kok ^a   Ho, Chi Tang ^a   Hwang, Chin Fa ^a   Polashock, James J ^a   Martin, Charles E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Flavor compounds; Lipids; Tomato; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0001609720     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960174t     Document Type: Article

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