Thermal transitions of quinoa embryos and seeds as affected by water content

Water Properties of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 565-570

  Matiacevich, Silvia B ^a   Castellion, Martina L ^a   Maldonado, Sara B ^b   del Pilar Buera, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

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