Drying of medicinal plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 756, Issue , 2007, Pages 47-54

  Mahapatra, A K ^a   Nguyen, C N ^a  

^a FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drying factors; Empirical models; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650955522     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.756.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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