Impact of Ethanol Treatment on the Chemical Properties of Cell Walls and Their Influence on Toughness of White Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) Spears

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1476-1484

  Herppich, Werner B ^a   Huyskens Keil, Susanne ^a   Hassenberg, Karin ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Lignin; Quality; Texture

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGNIN; TEXTURES; WASHING;

CELL WALL PROPERTIES; CELL WALL PROTEINS; CELL WALL THICKENING; ETHANOL TREATMENT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL EFFICACY; QUALITY MAINTENANCES; SECONDARY CELL WALL;

CYTOLOGY;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84930275827     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-015-1507-y     Document Type: Article

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