Lipid concentrations of wild edible greens in Crete

Food Chemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 822-834

  Vardavas, C I ^a   Majchrzak, D ^b   Wagner, K H ^b   Elmadfa, I ^b   Kafatos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

6 3 ratio; Cretan diet; Fatty acid content; Wild greens

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33646588991     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.08.058     Document Type: Article

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