Seed treatments affect functional and antinutritional properties of amaranth flours

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1095-1102

  Gamel, Tamer H ^a   Linssen, Jozef P ^b   Mesallam, Ahmed S ^a   Damir, Ahmed A ^a   Shekib, Lila A ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air classification; Amaranth seeds; Antinutritional factors; Functional properties; Germination; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS;

EID: 33646573689     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2463     Document Type: Article

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