Impact of UV-C irradiation on the cell wall-degrading enzymes during ripening of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) fruit

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 667-671

  Ait Barka, Essaid ^a,b   Kalantari, Siamak ^a   Makhlouf, Joseph ^a   Arul, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell wall degrading enzymes; Ripening; Tomato; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CELLULASE; ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLANASE; ENZYME; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STORAGE; TOMATO; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POLYGALACTURONASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0342699649     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9906174     Document Type: Article

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