Effect of cutting and storage on acetate and nonacetate esters in convenient, ready-to-eat fresh-cut melons and apples

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Beaulieu, John C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Apple; Aroma; Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo var; Cucumis melo var. inodorus; Ester; Flavor; Gas chromatography; Honeydew; Malus xdomestica; Mass spectrometry; Melon; Minimal processing; Reticulatus; Solid phase microextraction

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

APPLE; HONEYDEW; MALUS XDOMESTICA; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

ESTERS;

ACETATES; APPLES; FLAVOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALUS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 30944464695     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.1.65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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