Microstructural changes of osmotically dehydrated tissues of apple, banana, and potato

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-178

  Tortoe, Charles ^a   Orchard, John ^b  

^a Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Middle lamella; Scanning electron microscopy; Stereo micrographs

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TISSUE CULTURE;

CELL WALL; MIDDLE LAMELLA; STEREO MICROGRAPHS;

FRUITS;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BANANA; DEHYDRATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DEHYDRATION; FRUITS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUCROSE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 33746238149     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950280306     Document Type: Article

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