Folate contents of some selected Fijian foods using tri-enzyme extraction method

Food Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1100-1104

  Devi, Riteshma ^a   Arcot, Jayashree ^b   Sotheeswaran, Subramanium ^a   Ali, Sadaquat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amylase and chicken pancreas; Bele (Abelmoschus manihot); Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinesis); Folic acid; Fresh Fijian vegetables; Long bean (Vigna sesquipedalis); Potease; Total folate; Tri enzyme method

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EXTRACTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; QUALITY CONTROL; VEGETABLE;

ABELMOSCHUS MANIHOT; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA SUBSP. SESQUIPEDALIS;

EID: 34548502988     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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