Free and glycosylated sterol bioaccumulation in developing Cycas micronesica seeds

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 615-619

  Marler, Thomas E ^a   Shaw, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cycads; Guam; Sterol; Steryl glucoside

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349087904     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.080     Document Type: Article

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