Changes in energy metabolism accompanying pitting in blueberries stored at low temperature

Qian Zhou1, Chunlei Zhang1, Shunchang Cheng1

  • 1Department of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, People's Republic of China.

Food Chemistry
|July 6, 2014
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