Calculated Amounts of Available Iron from Selected Green Leafy Vegetables Harvested at Varying Periods

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-357

  Reddy, N Snehalatha ^a   Joshi, Jyoti L ^a   Nalwade, Vijaya M ^a  

^a MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Available iron; Green leafy vegetables; Periods of growth; Total iron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542396516     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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