Pods of Khejri (Prosopis cineraria) consumed as a vegetable showed functional food properties

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-121

  Liu, Yunbao ^a   Singh, Dhurendra ^b   Nair, Muraleedharan G ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICAR Central Institute for Arid Horticulture   (India)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Antioxidant; Khejri; Phenolics; Piperidine alkaloids; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA;

EID: 84857689285     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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