Chemical compositions of the marine algae Gracilaria salicornia (Rhodophyta) and Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) as a potential food source

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2500-2506

  Tabarsa, Mehdi ^a   Rezaei, Masoud ^a   Ramezanpour, Zohreh ^b   Waaland, Joseph Robert ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL STURGEON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids profile; Fatty acids content; Gracilaria salicornia; Mineral content; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; GRACILARIA; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEAWEED; ULVA;

DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GRACILARIA; HUMANS; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEAWEED; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULVA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA SALICORNIA; LACTUCA; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 84864811202     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5659     Document Type: Article

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