Effect of various irradiation doses on some nutrients of Pakistani date

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Ihsanullah, I ^a   Iqbal, Y ^b   Khattak, T N ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; POLYETHYLENE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATE (FRUIT); FIBER; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MOISTURE; NUTRIENT; PAKISTAN; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 26444431798     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-005-0917-0     Document Type: Article

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