Comparative study of the nutritional and bioactive compounds content of four walnut (Juglans regia L.) cultivars

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-237

  Tapia, María Isabel ^a   Sánchez Morgado, Juan Ramón ^a   García Parra, Jesús ^a   Ramírez, Rosario ^a   Hernández, Teresa ^a   González Gómez, David ^b  

^a Instituto Tecnologico Agroalimentario de Extremadura   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Biodiversity; Fatty acids; Food analysis; Food composition; Juglans regia; Melatonin; Minerals; N 3 acids; Nutrition and cultivar differences; Polyphenols; Serotonin; Walnut

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886242767     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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