Relation of Highly Polymerized Procyanidin to the Potential Browning Susceptibility in Pear Fruits

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-421

  Hamauzu, Yasunori ^a   Hanakawa, Takako ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Browning; Cultivar variation; Pear fruits; Polyphenol; Procyanidin

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0141906753     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.72.415     Document Type: Article

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