Nutritive value of some indigenous plant rhizomes resembling Ginger

Natural Product Radiance

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-513

  Indrayah, A K ^a   Agrawal, Pragya ^a   Rathi, Anuj K ^a   Shatru, Ajat ^a   Agrawal, Nitin K ^a   Tyagi, Durvesh K ^a  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpinia calcarata; Alpinia galanga; Alpinia officinarum; Alpinia speciosa; Alpinia zerumbet; Antimicrobial activity; Kaempferia galanga; Mineral elements; Nutritive value; Trace elements; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA; ALPINIA CALCARATA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM; ALPINIA ZERUMBET; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 73349138885     PISSN: 0972592X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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