Effect of irradiation on lipid characteristic of plant nuts

• Main Authors: Anwar Ahmad Sattar,, Altaf Hussain ,, Mohammad Zafar Iqbal,
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1997
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3742/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol26um2_1997/vol26num2_97page43-51.html

Different plant nuts were irradiated with gamma rays to dose levels of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kGy. Total lipids of the treated and untreated samples of plant nuts such as almond, peanut, pinenut, walnut and stones of apricot were extracted with petroleum benzene. The esterified lipids were analyzed for th...