Chemical investigation of Nigella sativa L. seed oil produced in Morocco

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-177

  Gharby, Said ^a,b   Harhar, Hicham ^a   Guillaume, Dominique ^c   Roudani, Aziza ^b   Boulbaroud, Samira ^d   Ibrahimi, Mohamed ^e   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^f,g   Sultana, Shazia ^f,g   Hadda, Taibi Ben ^h   Chafchaouni Moussaoui, Imane ⁱ   Charrouf, Zoubida ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b Etablissement Autonome de Controle et de Coordination des Exportations   (Morocco)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e Lesieur Cristal   (Morocco)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^g QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^h FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

ⁱ Universiapolis   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cold press oil; Fatty acid; Morocco; Nigella sativa; Nutritive value; Seed oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994125986     PISSN: 1658077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssas.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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