Overall quality of ready-to-eat pomegranate arils processed from cold stored fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Palma, Amedeo ^a   Continella, Alberto ^b   Malfa, Stefano La ^b   Gentile, Alessandra ^b   D'Aquino, Salvatore ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Modified atmosphere; Pomegranate; Quality parameters; Ready to eat

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 84935901966     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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