Physicochemical, nutritional, and functional characterization of fruits xoconostle (opuntia matudae) pears from central-México Region

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Guzmán Maldonado, Salvador H ^a   Morales Montelongo, Ana L ^b   Mondragón Jacobo, Candelario ^a   Herrera Hernández, Guadalupe ^a   Guevara Lara, Fidel ^c   Reynoso Camacho, Rosalia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Functional; Industrialization; Nutritional; Opuntia matudae; Xoconostle structures

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA; PYRUS;

EID: 77955785247     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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