Molecular Progress in Research on Fruit Astringency

Astringency is one of the most important components of fruit oral sensory quality. Astringency mainly comes from tannins and other polyphenolic compounds and causes the drying, roughening and puckering of the mouth epithelia attributed to the interaction between tannins and salivary proteins. There...

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Main Authors: Min He, Henglu Tian, Xiaowen Luo, Xiaohua Qi, Xuehao Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/1/1434