Influence of home freezing and storage on vitamin C contents of some vegetables

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 472-477

  Tosun, B Nursal ^a   Yucecan S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Home freezing; Processing; Storage; Vegetables; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROPHENOLINDOPHENOL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BEAN; BROCCOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OKRA; PEA; POTATO; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

ABELMOSCHUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 34447279089     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.472.477     Document Type: Article

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