Water-indexed benefits and impacts of California almonds
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Fatty acid composition of California grown almonds.
Eight almond (Prunus dulcis L.) cultivars from 12 different California counties, collected during crop years 2004 to 2005 and 2005 to 2006, were extracted with petroleum ether. The extracts were subjected to GC-MS analyses to determine fatty acid composition of soluble lipids. Results indicated palmitic (C16:0), oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2), and alpha-linolenic (C18:3) acid, respectively, ac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Indicators
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1470-160X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.063