Vitamin e profile as a reliable authenticity discrimination factor between Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) cultivars

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5524-5528

  Barreira, João C M ^a,b   Alves, Rita C ^a   Casal, Susana ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^b   Oliveira, M Beatriz P P ^a   Pereira, José Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chestnut kernel oil; Discriminant analysis; HPLC; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAGACEAE; NUT; QUALITY CONTROL;

FAGACEAE; NUTS; PLANT OILS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN E;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 67649236366     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900435y     Document Type: Article

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