The oil, fatty acid and squalene content of varieties of raw and processed grain amaranth.;Contenldo de aceite, ácidos grasos y escualeno en variedades crudas y procesadas de grano de amaranto

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Rodas, Brenda ^a   Bressani, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Amaranth grain; Fatty acids; Oil; Raw and processed; Squalene

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

FATTY ACID; SQUALENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED;

AMARANTHUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FATTY ACIDS; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; SQUALENE;

EID: 68849121916     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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