Variation in oil content and fatty acid composition of the seed oil of Acacia species collected from the northwest zone of India

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2310-2315

  Khan, Riyazuddeen ^a   Srivastava, Ruchi ^b   Khan, Mather Ali ^a   Alam, Pravej ^a   Abdin, Malik Zainul ^a   Mahmooduzzafar, ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia species; Fatty acid profile; Gas chromatography; Oil content

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACACIA; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FLAME IONIZATION; INDIA; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA BIVENOSA; ACACIA LEUCOPHLOEA; ACACIA NUBICA; ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84864005211     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5627     Document Type: Article

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