Microfibrillated cellulose from the peel of prickly pear fruits

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-429

  Habibi, Youssef ^a,c   Mahrouz, Mostafa ^b   Vignon, Michel R ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanofibrils; Microfibrils; Opuntia ficus indica; Prickly pear; Skin

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349131966     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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