Alginate Coatings Preserve Fruit Quality and Bioactive Compounds during Storage of Sweet Cherry Fruit

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2990-2997

  Díaz Mula, Huertas M ^a   Serrano, María ^a   Valero, Daniel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Edible coating; Phenolics; Prunus avium L.; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; EDIBLE COATING; FRUIT QUALITY; IN-CONTROL; MATURITY STAGES; PHENOLICS; POSTHARVEST; PRUNUS AVIUM; QUALITY PARAMETERS; RESPIRATION RATE; SENESCENCE PROCESS; SODIUM ALGINATES; STORABILITY; SWEET CHERRIES; TOTAL PHENOLICS;

ANTHOCYANINS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FRUITS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHENOLS; QUALITY CONTROL;

COATINGS;

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 84867678560     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0599-2     Document Type: Article

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