Nutritional composition, fatty acid and tocopherol contents of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) and patawa (Oenocarpus bataua) fruit pulp from the amazon region;Composição centesimal, em ácidos graxos e tocoferóis das polpas amazônicas de buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) e de patauá (Oenocarpus bataua)

Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 488-491

  Darnet, Sylvain Henri ^a   da Silva, Luiza Helena Meller ^a   Rodrigues, Antonio Manoel da Cruz ^a   Lins, Roseana Telles ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Buriti; Fatty acids; Fruit; Lipids; Mauritia flexuosa; Oenocarpus bataua; Palm; Patawa; Pulp; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; OENOCARPUS BATAUA;

EID: 80051642124     PISSN: 01012061     EISSN: 1678457X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-20612011000200032     Document Type: Article

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