Whole-grain corn tortilla prepared using an ecological nixtamalisation process and its impact on the nutritional value

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Maya Cortés, Diana Cecilia ^a   Figueroa Cárdenas, Juan De Dios ^b   Garnica Romo, Ma Guadalupe ^a   Cuevas Villanueva, Ruth Alfaro ^a   Cortés Martínez, Raúl ^a   Véles Medina, José Juan ^b   Martínez Flores, Héctor Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nixtamalisation; Nutritional value; Whole grain corn tortillas

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72449202240     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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