Characterization of laurel fruit oil from Madeira Island, Portugal

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 863-868

  Castilho, Paula C ^a   Costa, Maria Do Céu ^a,b   Rodrigues, Ana ^b   Partidário, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fruit oil; FTIR; GC MS; Laurus spp; Madeira laurel oil

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE; OLEIC ACID; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FRUIT OILS; MADEIRA LAUREL OIL; MEDICINAL PROPERTIES;

OILS AND FATS;

FRUITS; LAURUS; OIL; OLEIC ACID;

LAURUS;

EID: 33947404430     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-005-1156-4     Document Type: Article

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