Chemistry and Biochemistry of Color in Muscle Foods

Food Biochemistry and Food Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 337-350

  Perez Alvarez J A ^a   Fernandez Lopez J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Color; Meat products; Muscle foods; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889617324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470277577.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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