Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus) Commercialization: Health Aspects, Composition, Properties, and Food Applications

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-377

  Sánchez Zapata, Elena ^a   Fernández López, Juana ^a   Angel Pérez Alvarez, José ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-PRODUCTS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; DIETARY FIBERS; FOOD APPLICATIONS; HEALTH BENEFITS; HIGH-CONTENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NEW PRODUCT; NUTRITIVE VALUES; WEED PLANTS;

GLUCOSE; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84862247877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2012.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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