Volatile and lipid analyses by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and nutraceutical potential of edible wild Malva aegyptiaca L. (Malvaceae)

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 600-608

  Zouari, Nacim ^a,b   Fakhfakh, Nahed ^a   Zouari, Sami ^c   Sellami, Mohamed ^a   Abid, Mouna ^a   Ayadi, M A ^a   Zaidi, Slah ^c   Neffati, Mohamed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Institut Superieur de Biologie Appliquee de Medenine   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

antioxidant; lipids; Malava aegyptiaca; nutrients; volatiles; wild edible

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; MALVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PLANT STRUCTURES;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALVA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; TERPENES;

DRYOBALANOPS; MALVA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 79961189954     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2011.564157     Document Type: Article

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