Effect of cutting on ascorbic acid oxidation and recycling in fresh-cut baby spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-16

  Cocetta, Giacomo ^a   Baldassarre, Valentina ^b   Spinardi, Anna ^a   Ferrante, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Cut leaves; Fresh cut; Gene expression; Spinacia oleracea; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885463984     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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