Metabolic fate of isotopes during the biological transformation of carbohydrates to 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone in strawberry fruits

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2427-2432

  Wein, Martina ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^b   Schwab, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Flavor; Fragaria x ananassa; Furaneol; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

2,5 DIMETHYL 4 HYDROXY 3(2H) FURANONE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; FLAVOR; FRUIT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; TASTE;

FRUIT; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; ODORS; TASTE;

EID: 0034841687     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf010072p     Document Type: Article

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