Proximate composition and functional properties of rhizomes of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) from Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 895-904

  Shad, Muhammad Aslam ^a   Nawaz, Haq ^a   Hussain, Mazhar ^a   Yousuf, Beena ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 79955378506     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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