Microorganisms and nutritional value of ethnic fermented foods and alcoholic beverages of North East India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-25

  Tamang, Jyoti Prakash ^a   Tamang, Namrata ^a   Thapa, Saroj ^a   Dewan, Sailendra ^a   Tamang, Buddhiman ^a   Yonzan, Hannah ^a   Rai, Arun Kumar ^a   Chettri, Rajen ^a   Chakrabarty, Jayasree ^a   Kharel, Niki ^a  

^a SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Ethnic fermented foods; Microorganisms; North east india

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858143582     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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