Sterol composition of caper (Capparis spinosa) seeds

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3328-3333

  Tlili, Nizar ^a,b   Nasri, Nizar ^a   Saadaoui, Ezzeddine ^b   Khaldi, Abdelhamid ^b   Triki, Saida ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Caper (Capparis spinosa); Seed oil; Sterols; Unsaponifiables

Indexed keywords

5 AVENASTEROL; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTANOL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPPARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPONIFICATION; SHRUB; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TUNISIA;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 77953489812     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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