Use of arginine to inhibit browning on fresh cut apple and lettuce

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-68

  Wills, R B H ^a   Li, Yongxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apple; Arginine; Fresh cut; Lettuce; Nitric oxide; Surface browning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947205106     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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