Lycium intricatum Boiss.: An unexploited and rich source of unsaturated fatty acids, 4-desmethylsterols and other valuable phytochemicals

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boulila, Abdennacer ^a   Bejaoui, Afef ^b  

^a Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico Chimique Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Lycium intricatum; Phytosterols; Seed oil; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; ERUCIC ACID; ERYTHRODIOL; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STIGMASTEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UVAOL; VITAMIN D; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYCIUM; LYCIUM INTRICATUM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LYCIUM INTRICATUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LYCIUM; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOSTEROLS; SEEDS;

EID: 84933531331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12944-015-0055-9     Document Type: Article

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