Postharvest quality of peeled prickly pear fruit treated with acetic acid and chitosan

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-145

  Ochoa Velasco, Carlos Enrique ^a   Guerrero Beltrán, José Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chitosan coating; Phenolic compounds; Prickly pear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894292415     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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