Climacteric level during fruit ripening influences lipid peroxidation and enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidative systems in Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindell)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-32

  Singh, Sukhvinder Pal ^a   Singh, Zora ^a   Swinny, Ewald E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Ethylene; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Respiration; Ripening

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 81355138482     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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