Effect of extraction procedure on measured sugar concentrations in onion (Allium cepa L.) bulbs

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4299-4306

  Davis, Frank ^a   Terry, Leon A ^a   Chope, Gemma A ^a   Faul, Charl F J ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fructans; MALDI MS; Nonstructural carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONION;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; ONIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUCROSE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 34250681051     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063170p     Document Type: Article

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