walnut
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Introduction
Nuts from plants of the genus Juglans Nutrition:
- different species grown in different regions produce nuts of different fatty acid composition
- more northerly regions tend to produce nuts of higher unsaturated content
- J. mollis contains
- 0% linolenate
- 5% palmitate
- 46% linoleate
- 49% oleate
- J. cinerea contains
- 15% linolenate
- 2% palmitate
- 71% linoleate
- oxalate 74 mg/100 g weight[2]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Walnut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chai W, Liebman M Oxalate content of legumes, nuts, and grain-based flours. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 18 (2005) 723-729 http://www.2ndchance.info/oxalate-dogChai2005oxalatecontentfoods.pdf