Peel removal improves quality without antioxidant loss, through wound-induced phenolic biosynthesis in shredded carrot

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 232-239

  Alegria, Carla ^a,b,c   Gonçalves, Elsa M ^a   Moldão Martins, Margarida ^b   Cisneros Zevallos, Luis ^c   Abreu, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low temperature storage; Nantes carrot; Peeling; Phenolic synthesis; Shredding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978196300     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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