Nutritional prospects and mineral compositions of selected vegetables from dhoda sharif - kohat

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 6509-6514

  Hussain, Javid ^a,b   Rehman, Najeeb Ur ^a,b   Al Harrasi, Ahmed ^b   Ali, Liaqat ^c   Ullah, Riaz ^a   Mabood, Fazal ^b   Hussain, Hidayat ^b   Ismail, Mohammad ^d  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Kjeldahl; Micronutrients; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASH; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRASSICA; BRASSICA CAPITATA; CAPSICUM FRUITESCENS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; GARLIC; MOISTURE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PAKISTAN; PEPPER; PLANT FIBER; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ESCULENTUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SQUASH;

EID: 83155167530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.478     Document Type: Article

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