The influence of drying air temperature on the physical properties of dried and rehydrated eggplant

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-256

  Russo, Paola ^a   Adiletta, Giuseppina ^a   Di Matteo, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air drying; Eggplant; Microstructure; Porosity; Rehydration; Texture

Indexed keywords

AIR DRYING; CONVECTIVE AIR DRYING; DRYING AIR TEMPERATURES; EGGPLANT; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; REHYDRATION; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES;

DRYING;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84878878244     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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