Effects of short-term anoxic treatment on antioxidant ability and membrane integrity of postharvest kiwifruit during storage

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1216-1221

  Song, Lili ^a   Gao, Haiyan ^a   Chen, Hangjun ^a   Mao, Jinlin ^a   Zhou, Yongjun ^a   Chen, Wenxuan ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxic treatment; Antioxidant ability; Firmness; Kiwifruit; Membrane integrity; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249093398     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.10.080     Document Type: Article

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