Preservation of Fiber-Rich Banana Blossom as a Dehydrated Vegetable

ScienceAsia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Wickramarachchi, Kanchana S ^a   Ranamukhaarachchi, Senaratne L ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

dehydration; enzymatic browning; processed banana blossom; rehydration ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954867989     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2005.31.265     Document Type: Article

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