Quality indices of Jew's mallow and spinach during frozen storage

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-347

  Labib, Azza A S ^a   Abd El Latife, Somaia A ^a   Omran, Helmy ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blanching; Chemical composition; Frozen storage; Leafy vegetables; Native enzymes; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031426626     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436080     Document Type: Article

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