Fatty acid accumulation in the different fractions of the developing corn kernel

Food Chemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 432-437

  Saoussem, Harrabi ^a   Sadok, Boukhchina ^a   Habib, Kallel ^a   Mayer, Paul M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn kernel; Endosperm; Fatty acids; Germ; Maturation; Pericarp

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CORN; ENDOSPERM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PLANT SEED; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349198864     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.04.038     Document Type: Article

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