Antioxidant properties and fruit quality during long-term storage of "rocha" pear: Effects of maturity and storage conditions

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Silva, Filipe J P ^a,b   Gomes, Maria Helena ^c   Fidalgo, Fernanda ^a   Rodrigues, José A ^a   Almeida, Domingos P F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CPF Centro de Produção e Comercialização Hortofrutícola   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 77949564602     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: 17454557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2009.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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