Controlled and modified atmospheres influence chilling injury, fruit quality and antioxidative system of Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindell)

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-374

  Singh, Sukhvinder Pal ^a,b   Singh, Zora ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Controlled atmospheres; Japanese plum; Lipid peroxidation; Modified atmosphere packaging; Oxidative stress; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDATIVE SYSTEM; ASCORBATE-GLUTATHIONE CYCLE; CHILLING INJURY; FRUIT QUALITY; FRUIT RIPENING; JAPANESE PLUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE LIPID PEROXIDATION; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE; OXIDATIVE PROCESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPER OXIDE DISMUTASE; TITRATABLE ACIDITY;

COLD STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; FRUITS; LIPIDS; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 84872378738     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2012.03196.x     Document Type: Article

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