Changes in antioxidant activity and postharvest quality of sweet pomegranates cv. Hicrannar under modified atmosphere packaging

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-36

  Selcuk, Nurten ^a   Erkan, Mustafa ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Modified atmosphere packaging; Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.); Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893687092     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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