Sugars profiles of different chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) and almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars by HPLC-RI

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

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

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa Mill.; HPLC RI; Prunus dulcis; Sugars profiles

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAGACEAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUT; PRUNUS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FAGACEAE; NUTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRUNUS;

CASTANEA SATIVA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 77949540306     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-009-0147-7     Document Type: Article

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