Carotenoids in Pumpkin and Impact of Processing Treatments and Storage

Processing and Impact on Active Components in Food

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 71-80

  Provesi, João Gustavo ^a   Amante, Edna Regina ^b  

^a Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Processing; Pumpkin; Stability; Storage; carotene

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENERGY STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE; PROCESSING;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID COMPOSITION; CAROTENOIDS; GROWING CONDITIONS; MATURATION STAGE; POST HARVESTING; PUMPKIN;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 84943562631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404699-3.00009-3     Document Type: Chapter

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