Extraction of policosanols from hydrolysed rice bran wax by high-intensity ultrasound

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Liu, Yuanfa ^a   Yu, Jun ^b   Wang, Xingguo ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Florida Department of Citrus   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Policosanols; Rice bran wax; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149172352     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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