Retention of antioxidant activity in minimally processed mandarin and satsuma fruits

LWT

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 344-347

  Piga, A ^a   Agabbio, M ^a   Gambella, F ^a   Nicoli, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chain breaking activity; DPPH; Minimal processing; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036378527     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fstl.2001.0877     Document Type: Article

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