Effect of some preservatives on shelf-life of corn tortillas obtained from extruded masa;Efecto de algunos conservadores sobre la vida útil de tortillas de maíz obtenidas a partir de masa extrudida

Agrociencia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Martínez Flores, Héctor E ^a   Gaytán Martínez, Marcela ^b   De Figueroa Cárdenas, Juan D ^b   Martínez Bustos, Fernando ^b   De La Reyes Vega, María L ^c   Rodríguez Vidal, Arturo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corn tortillas; Preservatives; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23344433352     PISSN: 14053195     EISSN: 14053195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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