Fatty acids, tocopherol, and sterol contents of some nigella species seed oil

Czech Journal of Food Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Matthaus, Bertrand ^a   Özcan, Mehmet Musa ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black cumin; Fatty acids; Nigella spp.; Seed oil; Sterols; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OILS AND FATS; PALMITIC ACID;

BLACK CUMIN; NIGELLA SPP; SEED OIL; STEROLS; TOCOPHEROL;

LINOLEIC ACID;

NIGELLA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 79953100022     PISSN: 12121800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/206/2008-cjfs     Document Type: Article

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