Proximate composition, protein quality and oil composition in seeds of columnar cacti from the Sonoran desert

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 575-584

  Ortega Nieblas, Magdalena ^a   Molina Freaner, Francisco ^b   Robles Burguenño, María Del Refugio ^c   Vázquez Moreno, Luz ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Columnar cacti; Oil composition; Protein quality; Sonoran desert

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LYSINE; OLEIC ACID; SULFUR AMINO ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CACTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DIGESTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN QUALITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; PACHYCEREUS; PACHYCEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGINUM; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI; PECTEN; STENOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 0035545181     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.2001.1026     Document Type: Article

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