Physico-chemical characteristics of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) grown in Northern Areas of Pakistan

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Ali, Sartaj ^a   Masud, Tariq ^b   Abbasi, Kashif Sarfraz ^b  

^a KARAKORAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Apricot varieties; Functional properties; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAROTENOID; DATA SET; NUT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; WEIGHT;

PAKISTAN;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 80052084243     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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