Sensorial and chemical quality of electron beam irradiated almonds (Prunus amygdalus)

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-449

  Sánchez Bel, Paloma ^a   Egea, Isabel ^a   Romojaro, Felix ^a   Martínez Madrid, M Concepción ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almond; Irradiation; Organic acid; Post harvest quality; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; PROTEINS; SUGARS;

ALMOND; POST HARVEST QUALITY; SENSORIAL ANALYSIS;

FRUITS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 36448993685     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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