Changes of phenolics of litchi fruit during posthar vest storage

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 517, Issue , 2000, Pages 427-433

  Zhang, D L ^a   Quantick, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bound phenolics; Browning; Free phenolics; Litchi fruit; Phenylalanine ammonialyase; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844278098     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.517.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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