Bananas, Dried Bananas, and Banana Chips: Nutritional Characteristics, Phytochemicals, and Health Effects

Dried Fruits: Phytochemicals and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 414-427

  Carughi, Arianna ^a  

^a Sun Maid Growers of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana production; Bananas; Dried bananas; Dried bananas chips; M. acuminate M. balbisiana; Micronutrient phytonutrient; Nutritional benefits; Phytochemicals; Vitamin C phenolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887387793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118464663.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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