Albumen freshness assessment by combining visible near-infrared transmission and low-resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 752-759

  Kemps, B J ^a   De Ketelaere, B ^a   Bamelis, F R ^a   Mertens, K ^a   Decuypere, E M ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J G ^a   Schwagele F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albumen freshness; Internal egg quality; Low resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance measurement spectroscopy; Visible near infrared transmission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; FEMALE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OVALBUMIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 34548565723     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.4.752     Document Type: Article

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