Determination of the contents of the main biochemical compounds of Adlay (Coxi lachrymal-jobi)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1509-1515

  Wu, Tien Tso ^a,b   Charles, Albert Linton ^b   Huang, Tzou Chi ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adlay; Phytochemicals; Phytosterols; Policosanol

Indexed keywords

BEHENYL ALCOHOL; CAMPESTEROL; COXI LACHRYMAL JOBI EXTRACT; ERGOSTANOL; FRIEDELIN; HEXACOSANOL; OCTACOSANOL; OLEAMIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLICOSANOL; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STIGMATA 5,22 DIEN 3 OL; TETRACOSANOL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAN; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXI LACHRYMAL JOBI; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAOS; MASS SPECTROMETER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 34249030292     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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