A developmental study on the appearance of tocopherols and tocotrienols in developing palm mesocarp (Elaeis guineensis)

Lipids

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 561-564

  Choo, Yuen May ^a   Ma, Ah Ngan ^a   Chuah, Cheng Hock ^b   Khor, Hun Teik ^c   Bong, Siow Ching ^b  

^a MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FRUITS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; VITAMINS;

MESOCARP; TOCOPHEROLS; TOCOTRIENOLS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHER PLANT; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCADOPHYTA; FRUIT; LIPIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; TIME; TOCOPHEROLS; TOCOTRIENOLS;

ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 5644240802     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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