Effect of storage period on the molecular-mass distribution profile of pectic and hemicellulosic polysaccharides in pears

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Murayama, Hideki ^a   Katsumata, Tsutomu ^a   Endou, Hiroko ^a   Fukushima, Tadaaki ^a   Sakurai, Naoki ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall polysaccharides; Molecular mass distribution; Pyrus communis; Ripening capacity; Storage

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33646060692     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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