Shelf-life extension of fresh-cut "Fuji" apples at different ripeness stages using natural substances

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-275

  Raybaudi Massilia, Rosa M ^a   Mosqueda Melgar, Jonathan ^a   Sobrino López, Angel ^a   Soliva Fortuny, Robert ^a   Martín Belloso, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apple; Calcium lactate; Glutathione; Malic acid; N Acetyl l cysteine; Ripeness; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34248680476     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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