Effects of chitosan coating on shelf life of cold-stored litchi fruit at ambient temperature

LWT

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 757-761

  Jiang, Yueming ^a,b   Li, Jianrong ^b   Jiang, Weibo ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Coating; Fruit; Litchi; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLD STORAGE; ENZYMES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TITRATION;

BROWNING; CHITOSAN COATINGS; COLOR INDEX; EATING QUALITY;

FRUITS;

ACIDITY; CHITOSAN; COLD STORAGE; ENZYMES; FRUITS; HUMIDITY; SHELF LIFE;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 20444395121     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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