Chitosan coating improves shelf life of eggs

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2378-2383

  Bhale, S ^a   No, H K ^b   Prinyawiwatkul, W ^a   Farr, A J ^a   Nadarajah, K ^a   Meyers, S P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitosan coating; Eggs; Haugh unit; Shelf life; Yolk index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141813638     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb05776.x     Document Type: Article

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