Influence of cultivar, cooking, and storage on cell-wall polysaccharide composition of winter squash (Cucurbita maxima)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1904-1913

  Sunil Ratnayake, R M ^a   Melton, Laurence D ^a   Hurst, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buttercup squash; Cell walls; Cell wall polysaccharides; Chemical markers of texture; Pumpkin; Winter squash

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GALACTOSE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; URONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; COOKING; CULTIVAR; FRACTIONATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SQUASH; STORAGE;

CARBOHYDRATES; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CUCURBITA; FOOD PRESERVATION; GALACTOSE; HEAT; PECTINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0037467366     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020772+     Document Type: Article

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