Amino acid composition, protein content and calculation of nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors for 19 tropical seaweeds

Phycological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-241

  Lourenço, Sergio O ^a   Barbarino, Elisabete ^a   De Paula, Joel C ^b   Pereira, Luis Otávio Da S ^d   Lanfer Marquez, Ursula M ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Nitrogen; Nitrogen to protein conversion factors; Protein; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

SEAWEED;

AGLAOTHAMNION; AGLAOTHAMNION URUGUAYENSE; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHNOOSPORA; CHNOOSPORA MINIMA; CRYPTONEMIA; CRYPTONEMIA SEMINERVIS; EUKARYOTA; PADINA; PADINA GYMNOSPORA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036709361     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1835.2002.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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