Pulsed electric field assisted juice extraction from alfalfa

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 48, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gachovska, T K ^a   Ngadi, M O ^a   Raghavan, G S V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa juice; Extraction; Minerals; Protein; Pulsed electric field

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTEINS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALFALFA JUICE; MINERAL CONTENT; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD (PEF);

FRUIT JUICES;

EID: 33846220025     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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