Nutritional value of duckweeds (Lemnaceae) as human food

Food Chemistry

Volumn 217, Issue , 2017, Pages 266-273

  Appenroth, Klaus J ^a   Sree, K Sowjanya ^b   Böhm, Volker ^a   Hammann, Simon ^c   Vetter, Walter ^c   Leiterer, Matthias ^d   Jahreis, Gerhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

duckweed; Fatty acids; Landoltia; Lemna; Proteins; Spirodela; Wolffia; Wolffiella

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; NUTRITION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; PROTEINS; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DUCKWEED; LANDOLTIA; LEMNA; SPIRODELA; WOLFFIA; WOLFFIELLA;

FATTY ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENT; PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; FAT CONTENT; LANDOLTIA; LEMNA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN CONTENT; WOLFFIA; WOLFFIELLA; ARACEAE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ARACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEINS; STARCH;

EID: 84984679694     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.08.116     Document Type: Article

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