Chemical, nutritional and phenolic composition of wheatgrass and pulse shoots

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2191-2200

  Ghumman, Atinder ^a   Singh, Narpinder ^a   Kaur, Amritpal ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; minerals; phenolics; pulses; wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; MINERALS;

ANTI-RADICAL PROPERTIES; NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS; PHENOLIC COMPOSITION; PHENOLICS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PULSES; RADICAL SCAVENGING CAPACITIES; WHEATGRASS;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 85021248587     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.13498     Document Type: Article

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