Chemical pretreatments and partial dehydration of ash gourd (Benincasa hispida) pieces for preservation of its quality attributes

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2281-2284

  Sreenivas, K M ^a   Singhal, Rekha S ^a   Lele, S S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ash gourd; Chemical pretreatment; Hurdle technology; Preservation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITRIC ACID; DEHYDRATION; ETHYLENE; MOISTURE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TEXTURES; WOOD PRESERVATION;

CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; CHEMICAL PRETREATMENTS; HURDLE TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PARTIAL DEHYDRATIONS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; STORAGE STUDIES; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BENINCASA HISPIDA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; TETRA;

EID: 80051782746     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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