Water diffusivity and quality attributes of fresh and partially osmodehydrated cactus pear (opuntia ficus indica) subjected to air-dehydration

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-900

  Ruiz Cabrera, M A ^a   Flores Gomez G ^a   Gonzalez Garcia R ^a   Grajales Lagunes, A ^a   Moscosa Santillan, M ^a   Abud Archila, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria de Educacion Publica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactus pear; Color change; Mass transfer; Vitamin C degradation; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DRYING; FRUITS; MASS TRANSFER; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLAR DRYERS;

CACTUS PEAR; COLOR CHANGES; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; VITAMIN C DEGRADATION; WATER DIFFUSIVITY;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS;

EID: 57049176493     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942910701671349     Document Type: Article

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