Postharvest hot air treatment effects on the antioxidant system in stored mature-green tomatoes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Yahia, Elhadi M ^a   Soto Zamora, Gloria ^b   Brecht, Jeffrey K ^c   Gardea, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Cysteine; Enzymes; Glutathione; Heat injury; Lycopene; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33947606712     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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