A comparative study of the properties of selected melon seed oils as potential candidates for development into commercial edible vegetable oils

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Mabaleha, M B ^a   Mitei, Y C ^a   Yeboah, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Capillary GC; Citrullus lanatus and C. colocynth; Commercial products; Compositional and characterization study; Hydrolytic and oxidative rancidity; Melon seeds; Proton NMR

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FATTY ACIDS; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; MELON SEEDS; OXIDATIVE RANCIDITY; PROTON NMR;

VEGETABLE OILS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 34250630919     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-006-1003-7     Document Type: Article

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