Pulsed light for food decontamination: a review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 464-473

  Gómez López, Vicente M ^a,b   Ragaert, Peter ^a   Debevere, Johan ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FOOD DECONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL INACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS;

DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 34547407765     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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