Coconut water uses, composition and properties: A review

Fruits

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-107

  Prades, Alexia ^a   Dornier, Manuel ^a   Diop, Nafissatou ^b   Pain, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UMR QUALISUD   (France)

^b Inst Technol Aliment (ITA)   (Senegal)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Agua de coco; Calidad; Coco; Cocos nucifera; Composici n aproximada; Etapas de desarrollo de la planta; Francia; Maduraci n

Indexed keywords

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 84860794720     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits/2012002     Document Type: Review

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