Comparative fatty acid content of seeds of four Cucurbita species grown in a common (shared) garden

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 606-611

  Applequist, Wendy L ^a   Avula, Bharathi ^b   Schaneberg, Brian T ^c   Wang, Yan Hong ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c ChromaDex Analytics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita; Fatty acids; Pumpkin; Seed oil

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA ARGYROSPERMA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MIXTA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 33744810871     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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