Nutritional, biochemical, and pharmaceutical potential of proteins and peptides from jatropha: Review

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6543-6555

  Devappa, Rakshit K ^a   Makkar, Harinder P S ^a   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal nutrition; Cyclic peptides; Jatropha curcas; Proteins

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JATROPHA; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; HUMANS; JATROPHA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEPTIDES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 77953160517     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf100003z     Document Type: Review

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