Towards a freshness test for asparagus: Spear tip asparagine content is strongly related to post harvest accumulated heat units

Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Hurst, P L ^a   Boulton, G ^a   Lill, R E ^a  

^a Levin Research Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE;

ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; METABOLITE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLE;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0031948596     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(97)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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