Alternative sanitizers to chlorine for use on fresh-cut "galia" (cucumis melo var. catalupensis) melon

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Silveira, A C ^a   Conesa, A ^a   Aguayo, E ^a   Artes, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Hydrogen peroxide; Microbial quality; Nisin; Peracetic acid

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDE; PERACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELON; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; SPAIN;

BACTERIA; CELL WALL; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CUCUMIS; CUCURBITACEAE; DISINFECTANTS; EDETIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDES; PERACETIC ACID; SANITATION; SPAIN;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 55649115080     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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