Production of good quality products from egyptian prickly pear fruits

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5494-5503

  Bareh, Gamil F ^a   Shaheen, Mohamed S ^a   Hussein, Ahmed M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

carotene and volatile constituents; Antioxidant activity; Aroma; Ascorbic acid; Prickly pear; TOTAL flavonoids; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873858807     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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