Characterization of the seed oils of some commercial cultivars of melon

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 266-269

  Bora, Pushkar Singh ^a   Narain, Narendra ^a   de MeIIo, Maria Ladjane S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cucumis melo; Fatty acid; Melon; Oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034342535     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1438-9312(200004)102:4<266::AID-EJLT266>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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