Determination of nutritive value and analysis of mineral elements for some medicinally valued plants from Uttaranchal

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1252-1255

  Indrayan, A K ^a   Sharma, Sudeep ^a   Durgapal, Deepak ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artocarpus heterophyllus; Embelia ribes; Eugenia jambolana; Mineral elements; Nelumbo nucifera nutritive value

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; EMBELIA; EMBELIA RIBES; EUGENIA; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 31644440164     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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