Biosynthesis of straight-chain ester volatiles in Red Delicious and Granny Smith apples using deuterium-labeled precursors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2553-2562

  Rowan, Daryl D ^a   Allen, John M ^a   Fielder, Simon ^a   Hunt, Martin B ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple; Biosynthesis; Deuterium; Esters; Fatty acids; Hexenal; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DEUTERIUM; ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; HEXANOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECURSOR; VOLATILIZATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DEUTERIUM; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FRUIT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0032868296     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9809028     Document Type: Article

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