Triterpene alcohol and fatty acid composition of shea nuts from seven african countries

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Akihisa, Toshihiro ^a   Kojima, Nobuo ^a   Katoh, Naoko ^a   Ichimura, Yuki ^a   Suzuki, Hirohisa ^a   Fukatsu, Makoto ^a   Maranz, Steven ^b   Masters, Eliot T ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Shea nuts; Triterpene alcohol; Vitellaria paradoxa

Indexed keywords

AMYRIN; FATTY ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LANOCONAZOLE; LUPEOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; NUT; SAPOTACEAE; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; FATTY ACIDS; IMIDAZOLES; NUTS; OLEANOLIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; PLANT OILS; SAPOTACEAE; STEARIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE; TRITERPENES;

EID: 77952657245     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.59.351     Document Type: Article

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