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. 2016 Dec 8;409(6):1697–1706. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-0118-4

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Analysis of metabolic alterations in the wounding stress in the tomato fruit with 9-AA-based MALDI–MSI. a Optical image of thin-sections of MG, non-wounded (NW), and wounded (W) tomato fruits. Both NW and W fruits in pink stage, corresponding to the mid-stage of ripening. M mesocarp, L locule. The white square indicates the wound region in tomato tissue Ion images of b sour compound, c umami compounds, and d secondary metabolite. Scale bar = 1.0 mm