Enzymatic carotenoid cleavage in star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)

Phytochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Fleischmann, Peter ^a   Watanabe, Naoharu ^b   Winterhalter, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Averrhoa carambola; Carotenoids; Fruit; Oxidative cleavage Ionone

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA;

EID: 0038666382     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00657-X     Document Type: Article

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