Amino acid composition of two masticatory nuts (Cola acuminata and Garcinia kola) and a snack nut (Anacardium occidentale)

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Adeyeye, E I ^a   Asaolu, S S ^a   Aluko, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SULFUR AMINO ACID; THREONINE; VALINE;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CASHEW NUT; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; GARCINIA KOLA; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ACIDIC; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANACARDIUM; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; COLA; CYSTINE; GARCINIA KOLA; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NUTS; THREONINE; VALINE;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; COLA ACUMINATA; GARCINIA KOLA;

EID: 34250761434     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480701486108     Document Type: Article

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