Total volatile base nitrogen and its use to assess freshness in European sea bass stored in ice

Food Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Castro, Pedro ^a   Padrón, Juan Carlos Penedo ^a   Cansino, Ma José Caballero ^b   Velázquez, Esther Sanjuán ^a   Larriva, Rafael Millán De ^a  

^a Animal Production Bromatology Science and Food Technology ^*  (Spain)

^b Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

Author keywords

European sea bass; Freshness indicator; Total volatile bases nitrogen (TVBN)

Indexed keywords

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 25444453214     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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