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Fresh cucumber flavor in refrigerated pickles: comparison of sensory and instrumental analysis

Cheryl Palma-Harris1, Roger F McFeeters, Henry P Fleming

  • 1Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7624, USA.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
|August 9, 2002
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