Drying kinetics of nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) using three different methods and their effect on their mechanical properties

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1183-1188

  Medina Torres, L ^a   Gallegos Infante, J A ^b   Gonzalez Laredo, R F ^b   Rocha Guzman, N E ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b Department of Basic Sciences   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Convective drying; Mechanical properties; Nopal; Osmotic dehydration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; DEHYDRATION; DRYING; GLUCOSE; MOISTURE; OSMOSIS;

CONVECTIVE DRYING; NOPAL; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION; PRESERVATION PROBLEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 43049128499     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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