Applications of electrolyzed water in agriculture & food industries

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-150

  Al Haq, Muhammad Imran ^a,b   Sugiyama, Junichi ^a   Isobe, Seiichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic; Alkaline; Basic; Electrolyzed water; Environment friendly; Food safety; Oxidized; Postharvest; Reduced

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849187711     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.11.135     Document Type: Article

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