Dried Pears: Phytochemicals and Potential Health Effects

Dried Fruits: Phytochemicals and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 325-356

  Silva, Lisete ^a   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^b   Coimbra, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Dried pear; Dried pears; P. communis L.; Pear bioavailability; Pear drying; Pear phytochemicals; Pectic polysaccharides; Pyrus communis L.; S. Bartolomeu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887333284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118464663.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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