Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) bioactive compounds and peptide nomenclature: Areview

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-20

  Shim, Youn Young ^a   Gui, Bo ^a   Arnison, Paul G ^b   Wang, Yong ^c   Reaney, Martin J T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie Plant Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ALA; Bw; CLs; CsA; FFAs; HDL; HPLC; LDL; MeOH; Met; MetO; NMR; TG

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; LINOLEIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OILSEEDS; PEPTIDES;

ALA; BW; CLS; CSA; FFAS; HDL; HPLC; LDL; MEOH; MET; METO; TG;

FLAX;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84902316646     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2014.03.011     Document Type: Review

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