Fatty and Amino Acids Composition of Melon (Cucumis melo Var. saccharinus) Seeds

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-74

  De Mello, Maria L S ^a   Bora, Pushkar S ^a   Narain, Narendra ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Seeds; oil; melon; Cucumis melo var. saccharinus; Pele de Sapo; fatty acids; amino acids.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035743459     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.2000.0952     Document Type: Article

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