Ethnobotany of starter cultures used in alcohol fermentation by a few ethnic tribes of Northeast India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-466

  Tanti, Bhaben ^a   Gurung, Lisha ^a   Sarma, Hridip K ^a   Buragohain, Alak K ^b  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol fermentation; Indigenous knowledge; Northeast India; Starter culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149397440     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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