Volatile constituents of mini-watermelon fruits

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 323-327

  Dima, Giovanna ^a   Tripodi, Gianluca ^a   Condurso, Concetta ^a   Verzera, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aroma volatiles; Citrullus lanatus Thumb. Matsum. and Nakai cv. Minirossa; HS SPME GC MS; mini watermelon fruit; quantitative determination

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCES; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS;

AROMA VOLATILES; CITRULLUS LANATUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY METHODS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; HS-SPME-GC-MS; LINEAR RETENTION INDICES; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940291211     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2014.933449     Document Type: Article

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