Changes in apparent molecular mass of pectin and hemicellulose extracts during peach softening

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-456

  Hegde, Supreetha ^a   Maness, Niels O ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Prunus persica; Size exclusion chromatography; Softening

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031926089     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.3.445     Document Type: Article

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