Can fruit-form be a marker for Argan oil production?

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-28

  Gharby, Saïd ^a,b   Harhar, Hicham ^a   Kartah, Badr Eddine ^a   Monfalouti, Hanae El ^a,c   Denhez, Clément ^c   Hilali, Miloudi ^a   Guillaume, Dom ^c   Charrouf, Zoubida ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b Etablissement Autonome de Controle et de Coordination des Exportations   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Argan oil; Fruit shape; Linoleic acid rich; Oleic acid rich; Oxidative stability; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ARGAN OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; STEROL; TOCOPHEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARGANIA SPINOSA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRUIT; FRUIT MORPHOLOGY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SAPOTACEAE; SEED KERNEL; STEROL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873869467     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1300800106     Document Type: Article

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