Preservation of Biological Materials under Desiccation

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-309

  Aguilera, J M ^a   Karel, M ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Bacterial spores; Brine shrimp embryos; Compatible solutes; Dehydration; Desiccated enzymes; Desiccation; Freeze drying; Germination; Glass transition temperature; Membrane protection; Nematodes; Oligosaccharides; Plant seeds

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; NEMATODA;

CARBOHYDRATE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; DESICCATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGUS; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; CRUSTACEA; DESICCATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; NEMATODA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEEDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031115441     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399709527776     Document Type: Article

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