Fatty Acid Content and Juice Characteristics in Black Currant (Ribes nigrum L.) Genotypes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 948-952

  Ruiz Del Castillo, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Dobson, Gary ^a   Brennan, Rex ^a   Gordon, Sandra ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Black currant juice; Black currant seed; Fatty acids; Ribes nigrum

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT JUICE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PLANT SEED;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BEVERAGES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FRUIT; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENOTYPE; RIBES; SEEDS;

RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM;

EID: 1242291771     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf034950q     Document Type: Article

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