Fatty acids, amino acids, mineral contents, and proximate composition of some brown seaweeds

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-292

  Tabarsa, Mehdi ^a   Rezaei, Masoud ^a   Ramezanpour, Zohreh ^b   Robert Waaland, J ^c   Rabiei, Reza ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL STURGEON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Centre of Hormozgan   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brown seaweed; Colpomenia sinuosa; Dictyota dichotoma; Fatty acids; Padina pavonica; Protein; Proximate composition; Qheshm Island

Indexed keywords

COLPOMENIA SINUOSA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PADINA PAVONIA;

EID: 84859426795     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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