Seed fatty acid composition and the distribution of Δ5-olefinic acids in the triacylglycerols of some Taxares (Cephalotaxus and Podocarpus)

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-473

  Wolff, Robert L ^a   Pédrono, Frédérique ^a   Marpeau, Anne M ^a   Gunstone, Frank D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEED; VEGETABLE OILS;

OLEFINIC ACID; SCIADONIC ACID;

FATTY ACIDS;

CEPHALOTAXUS; PODOCARPUS; TORREYA;

EID: 0033106636     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-999-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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