Identification of procyanidin A2 as polyphenol oxidase substrate in pericarp tissues of litchi fruit

Journal of Food Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-313

  Sun, Jian ^a,e   Jiang, Yueming ^a,b   Wei, Xiaoyi ^a   Zhao, Mouming ^c   Shi, John ^d   You, Yanli ^a,e   Yi, Chun ^a,e  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 34250173873     PISSN: 01458884     EISSN: 17454514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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