The digestible carbohydrate and dietary fibre contents of common sri lankan plant foodstuffs

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Thadhani, Vinita M ^a   Jansz, E R ^a   Peiris, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Digestible carbohydrate; Soluble and insoluble dietary fibre; Sri lankan plant foodstuffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548255460     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v28i4.2624     Document Type: Article

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