Effects of wound stress by slicing sweet pepper fruits on ascorbic acid metabolism

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Imahori, Yoshihiro ^a   Zhou, Yan Fei ^a   Ueda, Yoshinori ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a   Chachin, Kazuo ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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