Microbiological and chemical characterisations of organic and conventional date pastes (Phoenix dactylifera L.) from Tunisia

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-459

  Mrabet, Abdessalem ^a   Rejili, Mokhtar ^a   Lachiheb, Belgacem ^a   Toivonen, Peter ^b   Chaira, Nizar ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a  

^a Arid Area Institute   (Tunisia)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical parameters; Date paste; Juniperus phoenicea; Microbes; Olive oil; Pasteurisation; Storage

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 53949090333     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175543     Document Type: Article

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