Characterisation and accumulation of squalene and n-alkanes in developing Tunisian Olea europaea L. fruits

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2281-2286

  Sakouhi, Faouzi ^a   Herchi, Wahid ^a   Sbei, Khaled ^a   Absalon, Christelle ^b   Boukhchina, Sadok ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES   (France)

Author keywords

Accumulation; n Alkanes; Olive oils; Ripening; Squalene

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; OLIVE OIL;

ACCUMULATION; N-ALKANES; OLIVE OILS; RIPENING; SQUALENE;

PARAFFINS;

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 80054688011     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02747.x     Document Type: Article

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