Inter-varietal variation in the composition, physicochemical properties and antioxidant activity of winter melon [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] fruit seeds and seed oils

• Main Author: Mohammad, Nor Azizah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67786/1/FSTM%202015%2039%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67786/

The proximate composition of seeds and the physicochemical properties and antioxidant activity of extracted seed oils from two Malaysian winter melon cultivars namely round (Cultivar 1) and hybrid (Cultivar 2) were examined. The seeds from Cultivar 1 and Cultivar 2 exhibited protein, total dietar...