Nutritional and sensory evaluation of pumpkin-based (Cucurbita maxima) functional juice

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 346-356

  AlJahani, Amani ^a   Cheikhousman, Rana ^a  

^a PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pumpkin; Pumpkin based juices; Sensory analysis; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020407636     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: 17586917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-07-2016-0109     Document Type: Article

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