Cultivar affects browning susceptibility of freshly cut star fruit slices

Consumption of freshly-cut horticultural products has increased in the last few years. The principal restraint to using freshly-cut carambola is its susceptibility to tissue-browning, due to polyphenol oxidase-mediated oxidation of phenolic compounds present in the tissue. The current study investig...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Henrique de Almeida Teixeira, José Fernando Durigan, Ben-Hur Mattiuz, Ricardo Elesbão Alves, Timothy James O'Hare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-02-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162006000100001&tlng=en