Physico-chemical and structural changes of red-fleshed dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) during fruit development

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-285

  Jamaludin, Nur Adilla ^a   Ding, Phebe ^a   Hamid, Azizah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Betacyanin; Colour; Fruit development; Hylocereus polyrhizus; Structural changes

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; CYANINE DYE;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PH; POLLINATION;

CACTACEAE; CARBOCYANINES; COLOR; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLLINATION;

HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS;

EID: 78650216553     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4182     Document Type: Article

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