The relationship between water loss, lipid content, membrane integrity and LOX activity in ripe pepper fruit after storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-255

  Maalekuu, Kissinger ^a   Elkind, Yonatan ^b   Leikin Frenkel, Alicia ^c   Lurie, Susan ^a   Fallik, Elazar ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Lipoxygenase activity; Membrane ion leakage; Membrane lipids; Water loss rate

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 33750720675     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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