Vernonia galamensis, a natural source of epoxy oil: Variation in fatty acid composition of seed and leaf lipids

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Baye, Tesfaye ^a,b   Becker, Heiko C ^a   Witzke Ehbrecht, Sabine V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

C18:4; Epoxy oil; Leaf lipids; New industrial oilseed; Oil quality; Vernonia galamensis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; SEED; SOLVENTS;

OILSEED CROPS; REACTIVE DILUENTS;

EPOXY RESINS;

CROP PLANT; FATTY ACID;

VERNONIA GALAMENSIS;

EID: 13944261957     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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