Use of ultrasound as pretreatment for dehydration of melons

Drying Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1791-1796

  Rodrigues, Sueli ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Curcumis melo L; Drying; Melon; Optimization; Osmotic dehydration; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; FRUITS; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AIR DRYING; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT;

DRYING;

DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; DRYING; FRUITS; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34848886093     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930701595409     Document Type: Article

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