Proximate composition and amino acid and mineral contents of Mormordica charantia L. pericarp and seeds at different maturity stages

Food Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1111-1115

  Horax, Ronny ^a,b   Hettiarachchy, Navam ^a   Kannan, A ^a   Chen, Pengyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Politeknik Kesehatan Depkes RI ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bitter melon; Maturity stages; Minerals; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MINERAL; STARCH;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOISTURE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERICARP; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONTENT;

CUCUMIS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 77951977148     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.03.093     Document Type: Article

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