Relationship between sugar profile and d-pinitol content of pods of wild and cultivated types of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua L.)

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-370

  Turhan, Irfan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultivated carob pod; D pinitol; Sugars; Wild carob pod

Indexed keywords

CAROB PODS; CERATONIA SILIQUA; D-PINITOL; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; LEGUMINOSAE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SUGAR PROFILES; WILD TYPES;

FOOD TECHNOLOGY; SUGARS;

FORESTRY;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; SUGARS;

EID: 84885606282     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942912.2011.631255     Document Type: Article

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