Fatty acid and tocopherol profiles of industrial hemp cultivars grown in the high latitude prairie region of Canada

Journal of Industrial Hemp

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 33-43

  Blade, Stanford F ^a,b,d   Ampong Nyarko, Kwesi ^a   Przybylski, Roman ^c  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acid; Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.); Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CULTIVAR; FATTY ACID; NUTRITION; OIL; PLASTIC; SEED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

ANTIOXIDANT; HEMP; OIL; PROTEIN; SEED;

EID: 33645776494     PISSN: 15377881     EISSN: 1537789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J237v10n02_04     Document Type: Article

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