Vitamin e analyses in seeds reveal a dominant presence of tocotrienols over tocopherols in the Arecaceae family

Phytochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-214

  Siles, Laura ^a   Cela, Jana ^a   Munné Bosch, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dormant seeds; Palm trees; Seed composition; Seed quality; Tocochromanols; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PARAJUBAEA TORALLYI; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOCOTRIENOL, ALPHA; TOCOTRIENOL, BETA;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DORMANT SEEDS; PALM TREES; PLANT SEED; SEED COMPOSITION; SEED QUALITY; TOCOCHROMANOLS;

DORMANT SEEDS; PALM TREES; SEED COMPOSITION; SEED QUALITY; TOCOCHROMANOLS; VITAMIN E;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ARECACEAE; SEEDS; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84893715129     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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