Varietal difference in actinidin concentration and protease activity in fruit juice of Actinidia species

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 491-494

  Yamanaka, Miho ^a   Oota, Tadachika ^a   Fukuda, Tetsuo ^b   Nishiyama, Ichiro ^a  

^a KOMAZAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fuchu Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA ARGUTA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 13444267813     PISSN: 1341027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.51.491     Document Type: Article

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