Radiolysis of nonaqueous components of foods

Preservation of Food by Ionizing Radiation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2018, Pages 75-124

  Nawar, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ATOMS; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN BONDS; KETONES; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; CONJUGATED DIENE; DIMERIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; HYDROPEROXIDES; LIPID OXIDATION; PEROXY RADICALS; RADICAL CHAIN MECHANISMS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 85051990898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781351075985     Document Type: Chapter

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