Content of free amino acids in onion ( Allium cepa L.) as influenced by the stage of development at harvest and long-term storage

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-83

  Hansen, Susanne Lier ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arginine; Glutamine; Nitrogen redistribution; OPA derivatization

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 21544440924     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647101753483796     Document Type: Article

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