Lentils (lens culinaris l.), a rich source of folates

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 7794-7799

  Sen Gupta, Debjyoti ^a,b   Thavarajah, Dil ^a   Knutson, Phil ^a   Thavarajah, Pushparajah ^a   McGee, Rebecca J ^c   Coyne, Clarice J ^c   Kumar, Shiv ^d  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rabat Institute   (Morocco)

Author keywords

biofortification; chickpea; field pea; folates; lentils; tetrahydrofolate

Indexed keywords

BIOFORTIFICATION; CHICKPEA; FIELD PEA; FOLATES; LENTILS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FABACEAE; LENTIL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED;

FABACEAE; FOLIC ACID; LENS PLANT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEEDS;

EID: 84881628722     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf401891p     Document Type: Article

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