Browning inhibition and quality maintenance of fresh-cut chinese water chestnut by anoxia treatment

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-606

  You, Yanli ^a,d   Jiang, Yueming ^a,b   Duan, Xuewu ^a   Su, Xingguo ^a,d   Song, Lili ^a   Liu, Hai ^a   Sun, Jian ^a,d   Yang, Hengming ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c People's Government of Yantai City   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 34548561939     PISSN: 01458892     EISSN: 17454549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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