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List four compounds that give fruits or vegetables their flavor.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is the difference between climacteric and nonclimacteric fruits?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Any four of the following:
aldehydes
alcohols
ketones
organic acids
esters
sulfur compounds

Answer to Question 2

Climacteric fruits produce ethylene gas during ripening; nonclimacteric fruits do not.



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