Carnauba wax-based edible coating enhances shelf-life and retain quality of eggplant (Solanum melongena) fruits

LWT

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 420-426

  Singh, Sudhir ^a   Khemariya, Priti ^a   Rai, Ashutosh ^a   Rai, Avinash Chandra ^a   Koley, Tanmay K ^a   Singh, Bijendra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Firmness; Nutritional quality; Poly ethylene glycol; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EMULSIFICATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYOLS; POLYPROPYLENES; SODIUM ALGINATE; WAXES;

AMBIENT STORAGE; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; FIRMNESS; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITIES;

FRUITS;

EID: 85032070658     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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