Nutritional Components of Amaranth Seeds and Vegetables: A Review on Composition, Properties, and Uses

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-412

  Venskutonis, Petras R ^a   Kraujalis, Paulius ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH SEEDS; AMARANTHUS; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; DIETARY FIBERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HIGH QUALITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

PROTEINS;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 84879189440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12021     Document Type: Article

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