Determination of some mineral contents of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) seed flours

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3659-3663

  Al Juhaimi, Fahad ^a   Özcan, Mehmet Musa ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ICP AES; Minerals; Opuntia fIcus indica; Pearly pear seed

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CONTENT; FOOD INGREDIENTS; ICP-AES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL CONTENT; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; PRICKLY PEAR;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; FRUITS;

MINERALS;

CALCIUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CALCIUM; FRUIT; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL PROPERTY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEED;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FLUOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPUNTIA; PLANT SEED; CHEMISTRY; FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; STATISTICS;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS;

FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MINERALS; OPUNTIA; SEEDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878350084     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2817-4     Document Type: Article

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