Chemical composition and in vitro gas production of African bread fruit (Treculia africana) var. Decne

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Volumn 57, Issue 218, 2008, Pages 113-121

  Arigbede, O M ^a   Anele, U Y ^a   Jolaosho, A O ^a   Olanite, J A ^a   Onifade, O S ^a   Wahab, T A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Plant parts

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; TRECULIA AFRICANA;

EID: 47649133587     PISSN: 00040592     EISSN: 18854494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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