Effects of age on fatty acid composition of the hump and abdomen depot fats of the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Meat Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Kadim, I T ^a   Mahgoub, O ^a   Al Maqbaly, R S ^a   Annamalai, K ^a   Al Ajmi, D S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Camel; Fatty acids; Hump; Iodine number; Melting point and fat

Indexed keywords

MELTING POINT;

COMPOSITION; ESTERS; OLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

OILS AND FATS;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 0035997426     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00254-6     Document Type: Article

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