Chemical composition changes of post-harvest coconut inflorescence sap during natural fermentation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 66, 2011, Pages 14999-15005

  Xia, Qiuyu ^a,b   Li, Rui ^a,b   Zhao, Songlin ^a,b   Chen, Weijun ^a,b   Chen, Hua ^a,b   Xin, Bo ^a   Huang, Yulin ^a,b   Tang, Minmin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Engineering and Technology Research Center for Coconut Deep Processing of Hainan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Coconut inflorescence sap (CIS); Natural fermentation; Post harvest

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; PHENOL; SUGAR; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT RESPONSE; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PROTEIN CONTENT; VARIETAS;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 80055097137     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2602     Document Type: Article

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