Changes in invertase activities and reducing sugar content in sweetpotato stored at different temperatures

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4927-4931

  Huang, Y H ^a   Picha, D H ^a   Kilili, A W ^a   Johnson, C E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Ipomoea batatas; Postharvest physiology; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POTATO; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; SOLANACEAE; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033376353     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9902191     Document Type: Article

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