Antioxidant activity of seed extracts of Annona squamosa and Carica papaya

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-408

  Kothari, Vijay ^a   Seshadri, Sriram ^a  

^a NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fruits; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANNONA; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE;

EID: 77955060532     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651011062050     Document Type: Article

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