Unexploited Acacia cyanophylla seeds: Potential food sources of ω6 fatty acids and antioxidants?

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1526-1532

  Youzbachi, Nouha ^a   Elfalleh, Walid ^b   Tlili, Nizar ^a   Gregoire, Stephane ^c   Berdeaux, Olivier ^c   Salles, Christian ^c   Triki, Saida ^a   Khouja, Mohamed Larbi ^d   Khaldi, Abdelhamid ^d   Nasri, Nizar ^a,c  

^a Campus Universitaire   (Tunisia)

^b IRA   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

6 fatty acids; Acacia cyanophylla; Antioxidants; Minerals; Storage proteins; Unexploited seeds

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; POLYPHENOL;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOTYPE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN INTAKE; TUNISIA;

ACACIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ECOTYPE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PICRATES; POLYPHENOLS; SEEDS; TUNISIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 84859419731     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4737     Document Type: Article

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