Moderate UV-C pretreatment as a quality enhancement tool in fresh-cut Bimi® broccoli

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-337

  Martínez Hernández, Ginés Benito ^a   Gómez, Perla A ^a   Pradas, Inmaculada ^b   Artés, Francisco ^a   Artés Hernández, Francisco ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Bioactive compounds; Brassica oleracea; Italica Alboglabra group; Minimal processing; Phenolics; Tenderstem

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 80053628459     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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