Ceratonia siliqua pods as a cheap source of functional food components

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Mohamed, Doha A ^a   Hamed, Ibrahim M ^a   Al Okbi, Sahar Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua); Glucose tolerance; Glycaemic index; Polyphenol

Indexed keywords

CERATONIA SILIQUA; RATTUS;

EID: 39349091813     PISSN: 00120413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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