Relationship between Acid Invertase Activity and Hexose Content in Sweet Potato Storage Roots

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2063-2066

  Takahata, Yasuhiro ^a   Noda, Takahiro ^a   Sato, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free sugar; Fructose; Glucose; Ipomoea batatas; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0008108086     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960018m     Document Type: Article

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