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The concentration of psoralens in celery (Apium graveolens L.), variety ‘Tender Crisp’, harvested 120 days after planting, was 12 μg g-1 f.wt, compared with 18 μg g-1 f.wt in celery harvested 150 days after planting. After 1 month of storage at 2°C, concentrations of psoralens in the 120- and 150-day-old celery were 82 and 118 μg g-1 f.wt, respectively. Concentrations of psoralens in the 120- and 150-day-old celery inoculated withBotrytis cinerea Pers., after 1 month of storage at 2°C, were 266 and 294 μg g-1 f.wt, respectively.
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Aharoni, N., Afek, U., Finkelstein, E. et al. Impact of celery age and infection byBotrytis cinerea on linear furanocoumarin (Psoralens) content in stored celery. Phytoparasitica 24, 195–197 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981418
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