Ascorbate metabolism during maturation of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) fruit

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 798-804

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

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate metabolism; L galactono lactone dehydrogenase; Monodehydroascorbate reductase; Sweet pepper fruit

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GALACTONOLACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; MATURATION; MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0032470253     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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