Developmental changes in pulp organic acid concentration and activities of acid-metabolising enzymes during the fruit development of two loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) cultivars differing in fruit acidity

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Chen, Fa Xing ^a   Liu, Xing Hui ^a   Chen, Li Song ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.; Loquat; Malic acid; NAD malate dehydrogenase; NADP malic enzyme; Organic acids; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749108277     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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