Studies on water transport through the sweet cherry fruit surface. 7. Fe3+ and Al3+ reduce conductance for water uptake

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 7600-7608

  Beyer, Marco ^a   Peschel, Stefanie ^a   Weichert, Holger ^a   Knoche, Moritz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cation; Cuticle; Exocarp; Fruit cracking; Prunus avium; Water conductance; Water penetration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CATION; CHLORIDE; EUROPIUM; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; IRON SALT; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MACROGOL 6000; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONDUCTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRUNUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WATER TRANSPORT;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PRUNUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

ADRIANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0037132515     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020441x     Document Type: Article

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