Chemical and nutritional characterization of Chenopodium pallidicaule (cañ ihua) and Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa) seeds

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 609-615

  Villa, Diana Yamile Gallego ^a   Russo, Luigi ^b   Kerbab, Khawla ^c   Landi, Maddalena ^b   Rastrelli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Chenopodiaceae; Chenopodium pallidicaule; Chenopodium quinoa; Nutritional value; South american crop

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901231388     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v26i7.18187     Document Type: Article

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