Atmospheric cold plasma process for vegetable leaf decontamination: A feasibility study on radicchio (red chicory, Cichorium intybus L.)

Food Control

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 552-559

  Pasquali, Frederique ^a   Stratakos, Alexandros Ch ^b   Koidis, Anastasios ^b   Berardinelli, Annachiara ^a   Cevoli, Chiara ^a   Ragni, Luigi ^a   Mancusi, Rocco ^a   Manfreda, Gerardo ^a   Trevisani, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cold plasma; Colour; Decontamination; Escherichia coli; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941254123     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.08.043     Document Type: Article

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