Effect of water activity on the mechanical properties of selected legumes and nuts

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-471

  Borges, Antje ^a   Peleg, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Almonds; Beans; Chick peas; Compression; Hazelnuts; Moisture sorption; Plasticisation; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031413147     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199712)75:4<463::AID-JSFA898>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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