Surface decontamination of spinach by intense pulsed light treatments: Impact on quality attributes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-125

  Agüero, M Victoria ^a,b   Jagus, Rosa J ^a   Martín Belloso, Olga ^c   Soliva Fortuny, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Colour; Intense pulsed light; Microbial stability; Polyphenolic content; Spinach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979924170     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2016.07.018     Document Type: Article

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