Policosanol contents and compositions of wheat varieties

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5583-5586

  Irmak, Sibel ^a   Dunford, Nurhan Turgut ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Octacosanol; Plant wax; Policosanol; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FATTY ALCOHOL; POLICOSANOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHEAT;

FATTY ALCOHOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 22644436719     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050508r     Document Type: Article

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