Chemical composition of selected edible nut seeds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4705-4714

  Venkatachalan, Mahesh ^a,b   Sathe, Shridhar K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemical composition; Fatty acids; Lipids; Phytates; Protein; Sorption isotherm; Storage; Tannins; Tree nuts

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PHYTIC ACID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUT; PLANT SEED;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; NUTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYTIC ACID; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TANNINS; WATER;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CORYLUS; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS; MACADAMIA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33746507466     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0606959     Document Type: Article

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