Determination of chemical composition of anatolian carob pod (Ceratonia siliqua L.): Sugars, amino and organic acids, minerals and phenolic compounds

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1040-1055

  Ayaz, Faik Ahmet ^a   Torun, Hülya ^a   Ayaz, Sema ^a   Correia, Pedro José ^b   Alaiz, Manuel ^c   Sanz, Carlos ^c   Grúz, Jiri ^d   Strnad, Miroslav ^d  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATONIA SILIQUA; FABACEAE;

EID: 36849019030     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: 17454557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2007.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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