Impact of chitosan-beeswax edible coatings on the quality of fresh strawberries (Fragaria ananassa cv Camarosa) under commercial storage conditions

LWT

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-92

  Velickova, Elena ^a   Winkelhausen, Eleonora ^a   Kuzmanova, Slobodanka ^a   Alves, Vitor D ^b   Moldão Martins, Margarida ^b  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beeswax; Chitosan coating; Sensory acceptance; Shelf life quality; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE COATINGS; FRUITS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BEESWAX; CHITOSAN COATINGS; LIFE QUALITIES; RESPIRATION RATE; SENSORY ACCEPTANCE; SHELF LIFE; SHELF-LIFE QUALITY; STRAWBERRY; THREE-LAYER; WEIGHT LOSS;

CHITOSAN;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 84875809417     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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