Total oil, fatty acid composition and tocopherol content in kernels of several bitter and sweet apricot (Prunus armeniaca Batsch) cultivars from Turkey

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 196-201

  Yildirim, Fatma Akinci ^a   Yildirim, Adnan Nurhan ^a   Askin, Mehmet Atilla ^a   Kankaya, Abdullah ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apricot; Fatty acid; Kernel; Oil; Prunus armeniaca batsch; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; OIL; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

APRICOT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SEED KERNEL; SWEETNESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 78751633495     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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