Influence of ethylene inhibition by 1-methylcyclopropene on apricot quality, volatile production, and glycosidase activity of low- and high-aroma varieties of apricots

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1189-1200

  Botondi, Rinaldi ^a   DeSantis, Diana ^a   Bellincontro, Andrea ^a   Vizovitis, Konstantinos ^a   Mencarelli, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Apricots; Ethylene; Glycosidases; Softening; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASES; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; EXO 1,4 BETA D XYLOSIDASE; EXO-1,4-BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTONE; MANNOSIDASE; PECTINESTERASE; TERPINEOL; VOLATILE AGENT; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ACIDITY; APRICOT; AROMA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRUNUS; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; VOLATILIZATION;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLOPROPANES; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MANNOSIDASES; ODORS; PRUNUS; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLATILIZATION; XYLOSIDASES;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 0037467126     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf025893o     Document Type: Article

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