Effects of postharvest ethanol vapor treatment on the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in broccoli florets

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-136

  Mori, Tomohiko ^a   Terai, Hirofumi ^a   Yamauchi, Naoki ^b   Suzuki, Yasuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Broccoli; Ethanol; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 58849107635     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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