Hydrolytic activity and ultrastructural changes in fruit skins from two prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) varieties during storage

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1681-1685

  Carrillo López, Armando ^a,b   Cruz Hernández, Andrés ^a   Cárabez Trejo, Alfonso ^c   Guevara Lara, Fidel ^a   Paredes López, Octavio ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Cell wall; Cellulase; Nonclimacteric; Opuntia sp.; Pectinmethylesterase; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CELLULASE; HYDROLASE; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; PEAR; PLANT CELL; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPUNTIA; POLYGALACTURONASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037070375     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf011195c     Document Type: Article

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