Proximate and essential nutrients evaluation of selected vegetables species from Kohat region, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2847-2855

  Hussain, Javid ^a   Rehman, Najeeb Ur ^a   Khan, Abdul Latif ^a,b   Hamayun, Muhammad ^c   Hussain, S Murtaza ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^d  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; LUFFA; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; PRAECITRULLUS FISTULOSUS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM;

EID: 77958538016     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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