Nutrient analysis of some selected wild edible fruits of deciduous forests of India: An explorative study towards non conventional bio-nutrition

Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Mahapatra, Ajay Kumar ^a   Mishra, Satarupa ^a   Basak, Uday C ^a   Panda, Pratap C ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Center   (India)

Author keywords

Anitioxidants; Mineral; Phenol; Protein; Terminalia; Wild fruit; Ziziphus

Indexed keywords

ANITIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; CROP LOSS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDIBLE FRUITS; FARMING SYSTEM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; NUTRITIVE VALUES; PROTEIN CONTENTS; TERMINALIA; WILD FRUITS; ZIZIPHUS;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PROTEINS; SUGARS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FRUITS;

BRIDELIA TOMENTOSA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARISSA; CITRUS LIMON; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYTHRACEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MIMUSOPS; MIMUSOPS ELENGI; POLYALTHIA; POLYALTHIA SUBEROSA; PSIDIUM; SAPOTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TORVUM; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CITRINA; VITACEAE; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS OENOPLIA;

EID: 84859498143     PISSN: 20424868     EISSN: 20424876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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