Nutritive values of wild edible fruits, berries, nuts, roots and spices consumed by the Khasi tribes of India

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-223

  Agrahar Murugkar, D ^a   Subbulakshmi, G ^b  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^b University of Mumbai   (India)

Author keywords

Berries; Fruits; Khasi tribals; Nutritional content; Nuts; Roots; Wild edibles

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CASTANOPSIS INDICA; COIX; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI; COIX LACRYMA-JOBI; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; PRUNUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INDICUM; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 21044459020     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240590953025     Document Type: Article

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