Seed Oil Fatty Acids of Loasaceae - A New Source of γ-Linolenic and Stearidonic Acids

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Aitzetmuller K ^a,d   Bruhl L ^b   Weigend, M ^c  

^a Institute for Chemistry and Physics of Lipids   (Germany)

^b Fed Ctr Cereal   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blumenbachia; Caiophora; Gronovia; Loasa; Loasaceae; Mentzelia; Nasa; Seed oils; Stearidonic acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; BIODIVERSITY; CAPILLARITY; CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SEPARATION;

BLUMENBACHIA; CAIOPHORA; GRONOVIA; LOASA; LOASACEAE; MENTZELIA; NASA; SEED OILS; STEARIDONIC ACID; Γ-LINOLENIC ACID;

OILS AND FATS;

BLUMENBACHIA; CAJOPHORA; GRONOVIA; LOASA; LOASACEAE; MENTZELIA; NASA;

EID: 19244367676     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-004-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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