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Carotenoid retention in biofortified maize using different post-harvest storage and packaging methods

Orange maize is being promoted as a source of provitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in Zambia. Carotenoid retention in orange maize grains stored in metal silos, multilayer polyethylene and common woven bags, and maize meal packaged in single and multilayer polyethylene bags was evaluated. Significant dif...

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Autores principales: Taleon, Víctor, Mugode, Luke, Cabrera-Soto, Luisa, Palacios-Rojas, Natalia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.158