High-pressure homogenization lowers water vapor permeability of soybean protein isolate-beeswax films

Chao Zhang1, Yue Ma, Kuan Guo

  • 1Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China. zhangchao@nercv.org

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