Fatty acid and triacylglycerol composition and thermal behaviour of fats from seeds of Brazilian Amazonian Theobroma species

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1425-1431

  Gilabert Escrivá, M Victoria ^a   Gonçalves, Lireny A G ^a,b   Silva, C Rogério S ^a   Figueira, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocoa butter substitutes; Fatty acid composition; Theobroma species; Triacylglycerol composition

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

HERRANIA; HERRANIA MARIAE; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036792673     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1107     Document Type: Article

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