Turnover of white asparagus cell wall polysaccharides during postharvest storage

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4525-4531

  Rodríguez, Rocío ^a   Jiménez, Ana ^a   Guillén, Rafael ^a   Heredia, Antonia ^a   Fernández Bolaños, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cellulose; Galactan; Homogalacturonan; Polysaccharides; White asparagus; Xylan; Xyloglucan

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GALACTAN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; FOOD QUALITY; FRACTIONATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PLANT; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

AGRICULTURE; CELL WALL; LILIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 18244421776     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981392k     Document Type: Article

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