Assessment of essential and toxic mineral elements in bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) fruit

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 766-773

  Kosanovic, Melita ^a   Hasan, Mohamed Y ^a   Petroianu, George ^a   Marzouqi, Ahmed ^a   Abdularhman, Omar ^a   Adem, Abdu ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Bitter gourd; ICP MS; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ADULT POPULATIONS; ANTIDIABETIC; BITTER GOURD; CONTAMINATED AREAS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; HYPOGLYCEMIC DRUG; ICP-MS; LITERATURE DATA; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MINERAL ELEMENT; PB CONCENTRATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALS; POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 70449581148     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942910802054312     Document Type: Article

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