A radioisotopic study of the entry of calcium ion into the maize kernel during nixtamalization

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 500-503

  Zazueta, C ^a   Ramos, G ^a   Fernandez Munoz J L ^a   Rodriguez M E ^a   Acevedo Hernandez G ^a   Pless, Reynaldo C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS;

CALCIUM IONS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; MAIZE KERNELS; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; NIXTAMALIZATION; OUTER LAYER;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM ION; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COOKING; ENDOSPERM; HALF LIFE TIME; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; SEED KERNEL; TIME;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036063426     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.2002.79.4.500     Document Type: Article

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