Oil and Squalene in Amaranthus Grain and Leaf

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 7913-7920

  He, Han Ping ^a   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amaranthus grain; Fatty acid; Leaves; Oil contents; Principal component analysis; Squalene; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OIL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SQUALENE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; GRAIN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMARANTHUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0348226958     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf030489q     Document Type: Article

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