Preserving apple (Malus domestica var. Anna) fruit bioactive substances using olive wastes extract-chitosan film coating

Apple fruits have components of therapeutic nature. Such components, to a great extent, decline or decompose during post-harvest that negatively affect fruit shelf-life. Chitosan fruit-filming has proved useful in maintaining these compounds. This study aims, therefore, at enhancing Chitosan coating...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Khalifa, Hassan Barakat, Hamdy A. El-Mansy, Soliman A. Soliman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:Information Processing in Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317316300610