Aroma evaluation of transgenic, thaumatin II-producing cucumber fruits

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zawirska Wojtasiak, R ^a   Goslinski M ^a   Szwacka, M ^b   Gajc Wolska, J ^b   Mildner Szkudlarz, S ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cucumber fruit aroma; Cucumis sativus L.; Distillation SPME; Electronic nose; GC MS; Thaumatin II; Transgenic lines

Indexed keywords

SWEETENING AGENT; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; TASTE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ODORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SMELL; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 64049113150     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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