Some chemical and physico-mechanical properties of pear cultivars

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 687-693

  Ozturk, Ismail ^a   Ercisli, Sezai ^a   Kalkan, Fatih ^a   Demir, Bunyamin ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Mechanical properties; Mineral elements; Pear (Pyrus communis L.)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MINERAL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; STEARIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASH; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT COLOR; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT FIRMNESS; FRUIT SIZE; MOISTURE; PEAR; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 62549124157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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