Growth, reproduction, mortality, and pathologic changes in rats fed gamma-irradiated potatoes
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Growth, reproduction, mortality, and pathologic changes in rats fed gamma-irradiated potatoes.
The use of ionizing radiation to arrest sprout development in tubers and thereby prolong their storage life has been reported by Sparrow and Christensen (1954), Brownell et al. (1954, 1957)) and others. Since only about 7-15 kilorads are required to achieve this, many of the problems involved in the sterilization of foods by radiation, which require doses of 4000 kilorads or more, are avoided. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
سال: 1960
ISSN: 0041-008X
DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(60)90076-4