Potential of Thermal Analysis to Estimate Chemical Composition and in Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Maize

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3467-3473

  Marvin, Hans J P ^a   Krechting, Cornelis F ^a   Van Loo, Eibertus N ^a   Snijders, Charles H A ^a   Nelissen, Laurent N I H ^b   Dolstra, Oene ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Degradability; Differential scanning calorimetry; Maize; Multiple linear regression; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345077097     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960190q     Document Type: Article

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