Nutritional Evaluation of Leaf Protein Extracted from Three Aquatic Plants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2162-2166

  Dewanji, Anjana ^a   Matai, Shyam ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic weeds; Leaf protein; Rat experiments

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; LEMNA MINOR; PISTIA STRATIOTES; STRATIOTES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0012825351     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950560v     Document Type: Review

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