On the nature of coagulated tannins in astringent-type persimmon fruit after an artificial treatment of astringency removal

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-327

  Oshida, M ^a   Yonemori, K ^a   Sugiura, A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astringency; Diospyros kaki; Gel chromatography; Molecular size; Persimmon; Resolubilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029839885     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(96)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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