Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus caudatus germplasm: Characteristics of plants, grain and flours

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1227-1234

  Kaur, Shubhpreet ^a   Singh, Narpinder ^a   Rana, Jai Chand ^b  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amaranthus caudatus; Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Composition; Flour; Grain; Pasting properties

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADHESION; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT CONTENT; FLOUR; GERMPLASM; GRAIN; HARDNESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 77954952743     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.091     Document Type: Article

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