Quality Improvement of Fresh-Cut Endive (Cichorium endivia L.) and Recycling of Washing Water by Low-Dose UV-C Irradiation

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1979-1990

  Hägele, Florian ^a   Nübling, Simone ^a   Schweiggert, Ralf M ^a   Baur, Svenja ^a   Weiss, Agnes ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Menegat, Alexander ^a,b   Gerhards, Roland ^a   Carle, Reinhold ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Green leafy vegetables; In line UV C decontamination; Modified atmosphere packaging; Warm water washing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; IRRADIATION; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; WASHING; WATER TANKS;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CROSS CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION; GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; WARM WATER WASHING;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84982953340     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-016-1782-2     Document Type: Article

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