Curcumin and Essential Oil Contents of Some Commonly Grown Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Cultivars in Maharashtra

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-354

  Rakhunde, S D ^a   Munjal, S V ^a   Patil, S R ^a  

^a Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Curcuma species; Curcumin; Essential oil; Fingers and mother rhizomes of turmeric; Turmeric cultivars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005749079     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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