The use of polysaccharide-based edible coatings enriched with essential oils to improve shelf-life of strawberries

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-60

  Guerreiro, Adriana C ^a   Gago, Custódia M L ^a   Faleiro, Maria L ^a   Miguel, Maria G C ^a   Antunes, Maria D C ^a  

^a Hospital CUF Infante Santo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alginate; Citral; Eugenol; Pectin; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938091701     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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