Amaranth: Overview

Encyclopedia of Food Grains: Second Edition

Volumn 1-4, Issue , 2015, Pages 287-296

  Corke, Harold ^a,c   Cai, Y Z ^a   Wu, H X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Wuhan Tianchen Biotechnology Company Limited   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Animal feed; Betacyanin pigments; Gluten free protein; Pseudocereal; Small granule starch; Squalene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007561925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394437-5.00032-2     Document Type: Chapter

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