The effect of gamma radiation on the microflora and essential oil of Ashanti pepper (Piper guineense) berries

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Onyenekwe, P C ^a   Ogbadu, G H ^a   Hashimoto, Seiji ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Tokyo Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Essential oil; Gamma radiation; Microflora; Piper guineense

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030945831     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)01297-5     Document Type: Article

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