Effects of electron-beam radiation on nutritional parameters of Portuguese chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 7754-7760

  Carocho, Márcio ^a   Barreira, João C M ^a,b   Antonio, Amilcar L ^a,c,d   Bento, Albino ^a   Kaluska, Iwona ^e   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

chestnuts; electron beam; Irradiation; nutrients; storage time

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; CHESTNUTS; DRY MATTERS; ELECTRON BEAM RADIATION; ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATIONS; ENERGETIC VALUE; EUROPEAN UNION; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; MONTREAL PROTOCOLS; NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH GROUPS; STORAGE TIME;

ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NUTRIENTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

FRUITS;

DELTA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA-TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FAGACEAE; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD STORAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

FAGACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD STORAGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RADIATION, IONIZING; TOCOPHEROLS;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 84864672285     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf302230t     Document Type: Article

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