Chemical and microbiological characterization of Portuguese varieties of pears

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 2 C, 2006, Pages 109-113

  Barroca, M J ^a   Guiné, Raquel P F ^a   Pinto, A ^a   Goncalves F M ^a   Ferreira, D M S ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Dried pears; Drying; Microbiological analysis

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITION; DRYING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

DRIED PEARS; NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES;

FRUITS;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33745539750     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/fbp.05200     Document Type: Article

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