Phytosterol composition of nuts and seeds commonly consumed in the United States

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9436-9445

  Phillips, Katherine M ^a   Ruggio, David M ^a   Ashraf Khorassani, Mehdi ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almonds (Prunus dulcis); Analysis; Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa); Cashews (Anacardium occidentale); Chocolate; Filbert (Corylus spp.); Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum); Food composition; Hazelnuts; Nuts; Phytosterols; Plant sterols; Seeds; Stanols

Indexed keywords

PHYTOSTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUT; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTS; PHYTOSTEROLS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; UNITED STATES;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CORYLUS; HELIANTHUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS; SESAMUM INDICUM; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 28944445569     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf051505h     Document Type: Article

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