Active Packaging of Cardboard to Extend the Shelf Life of Tomatoes

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 754-761

  Garcia Garcia I ^a   Taboada Rodriguez A ^a   Lopez Gomez A ^b   Marin Iniesta F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active packaging; Cardboard; LDPE; PLA; Tomato shelf life

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CARDBOARD; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; WATER VAPOR;

ACTIVE PACKAGING; BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; ETHYLENE CONCENTRATION; INTERIOR SURFACES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(LDPE); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROCORRUGATED CARDBOARD; SHELF LIFE;

PACKAGING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME;

EID: 84874108715     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0759-4     Document Type: Article

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