Assessment of the level of trace metals in commonly edible vegetables locally available in the markets of Karachi city

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 747-751

  Hashmi, Durdana Rais ^a   Ismail, Shahnaz ^b   Shaikh, G H ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MENTHA; SOLANACEAE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 38749143226     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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