Within-season volatile and quality differences in stored fresh-cut cantaloupe cultivars

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8679-8687

  Beaulieu, John C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brix; Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo; Flavor; Fresh cut; Gas chromatography; Melon; Musk melon; Quality; Solid phase microextraction; Soluble solids; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CANTALOUPE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASON; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CUCUMIS MELO; ESTERS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 27744501100     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050241w     Document Type: Article

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