Physico-chemical changes related to quality of five strawberry fruit cultivars during cool-storage

Food Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Cordenunsi, B R ^a   Nascimento, J R O ^a   Lajolo, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Ascorbic acid; Cool storage; Soluble sugars; Strawberry; Texture

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; SUGAR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTIVAR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SHELF LIFE; STRAWBERRY;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 0043123060     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(03)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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