Monitoring of heavy metals and selected micronutrients in hempseeds from north-western Turkey

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-467

  Korkmaz, Kursat ^a   Metin Kara, S ^a   Ozkutlu, Faruk ^a   Gul, Volkan ^a  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food source; Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.); Nutrition; Toxicity; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 77950128455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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