Potassium Sorbate Residue Levels and Persistence in Citrus Fruit as Detected by a Simple Colorimetric Method

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3458-3463

  Montesinos Herrero, Clara ^a   Smilanick, Joseph L ^b   Hurley, J Michael ^c   Palou, Lluís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Dried Fruit Association of California Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative antifungal postharvest treatments; GRAS; Green mold; Lemon; Orange; Penicillium digitatum; Spectrophotometric method

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESIDUE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; SORBIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; COLORIMETRY; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

CITRUS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG RESIDUES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FRUIT; SORBIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 66149099732     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900070k     Document Type: Article

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