Changes in Pungent Components of Two Wasabia japonica MATSUM. Cultivars during the Cultivation Period

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-291

  Hara, Masakazu ^a   Mochizuki, Keiichi ^b   Kaneko, Shinichiro ^b   Iiyama, Toshio ^c   Ina, Takehiro ^c   Etoh, Hideo ^a   Kuboi, Toru ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tamaru ya Honten Co LTD   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Agric Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isothiocyanate; Myrosinase; Pungency; Wasabi; Wasabia japonica MATSUM

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CULTIVATION; ENZYMES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

PUNGENT COMPONENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; EUTREMA; EUTREMA WASABI; JAPONICA;

EID: 0242573594     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.9.288     Document Type: Article

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