Yield and chemical composition of Citrus essential oils as affected by drying pretreatment of peels

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1275-1282

  Kamal, G M ^a   Anwar, F ^a,b   Hussain, A I ^c   Sarri, N ^b   Ashraf, M Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Citrus; Drying conditions; GC MS; Limonene; Monoterpene hydrocarbons; Peel oils

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 80052880242     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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