Folate content in foods commonly consumed in Egypt

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 540-545

  Hefni, Mohammed ^a,b   Öhrvik, Veronica ^a   Tabekha, Mohamed ^b   Witthöft, Cornelia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Faculty of Agriculture Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian foods; Folate; HPLC; Mono di and trienzyme treatment

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGYPT; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTENT;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 76749142946     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.044     Document Type: Article

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