Structural constituents of the seagrass Posidonia australis

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4021-4026

  Torbatinejad, Nour Mohammad ^a   Annison, Geoffrey ^b   Rutherfurd Markwick, Kay ^c   Sabine, John R ^d  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b AWB International   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal nutrition; Cell wall composition; Nonstarch polysaccharides; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VEGETABLE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34249892215     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063061a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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