Changes in nitrate and nitrite levels of blanched amaranthus during refrigeration storage.

• Main Authors: Chew, S. C., Prasad, K. Nagendra, Yang Bao,, Ismail, Amin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Publisher 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24467/1/Changes%20in%20nitrate%20and%20nitrite%20levels%20of%20blanched%20amaranthus%20during%20refrigeration%20storage.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24467/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/

Changes in nitrate and nitrite contents (leaves and stem) of Amaranthus gangeticus (AG) and Amaranthus paniculatus (AP), resulting from blanching, storage time (0-4 days), storage temperature (0 and 4ºC), and reheating were analysed. Results showed that fresh AG (1859 ± 7.07 mg/kg) had higher nitr...