Nutritional and elemental analyses of some selected fodder species used in traditional medicine

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1157-1161

  Bahadur, Ali ^a   Chaudhry, Zubeda ^a   Jan, Gul ^a   Danish, Mohammad ^a   Rehman, Atta Ur ^a   Ahmad, Rafiq ^a   Khan, Aman ^a   Khalid, Shah ^b   Ullah, Irfan ^c   Shah, Zahir ^d   Ali, Farman ^a   Mushtaq, Tahira ^a   Jan, Farzana Gul ^d  

^a HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Government Post Graduate College for Boys   (Pakistan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fodder species; Nutritional and elemental analyses; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ARTICLE; ASH; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FAT CONTENT; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO DENTICULATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT FIBER; POACEAE; PROTEIN CONTENT; SETARIA VIRIDIS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ARVRNSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 80052456637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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