Policosanol contents and compositions in wax-like materials extracted from selected cereals of Korean origin

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-245

  Keum, Taek Hwang ^a   Ji, Eun Kim ^a   Weller, Curtis L ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION;

'DRY' [; BROWN RICE; GRAIN SORGHUM; OCTACOSANOL; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; POLICOSANOLS; PURPLE RICE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 19044396141     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CC-82-0242     Document Type: Article

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