Maintaining postharvest quality of fresh produce with volatile compounds

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-116

  Tzortzakis, Nikos G ^a  

^a NAGREF Insitute of Olive Tree And Subtropical Plants Of Chania   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Fresh produce; Modified atmosphere storage; Quality related attributes; Strawberry; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FOOD STORAGE; FRUITS;

FRESH PRODUCE; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE; QUALITY-RELATED ATTRIBUTES; STRAWBERRY;

HARVESTING;

FOOD STORAGE; HARVESTING; TOMATOES; VOLATILE OIL;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME;

EID: 33846849094     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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