Volatile organic compound permeation through porous polymeric films for modified atmosphere packaging of foods

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 937-942

  Del Valle, Valeria ^a,b   Almenar, Eva ^a   Hernández Muñoz, Pilar ^a   Lagarón, José M ^a   Catala, Ramón ^a   Gavara, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aroma loss; Gas diffusivity; MAP; Organic compound permeation; Porous films

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042810193     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1741     Document Type: Article

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