Nutritional analysis of indigenous wild edible herbs used in eastern Chhattisgarh, India

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 554-560

  Vishwakarma, Kanchan Lata ^a   Dubey, Veenapani ^a  

^a Department of Botany   (India)

Author keywords

Nutritional composition; Protein contents; Tribal areas; Wild edible herbs

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS; AMARANTHUS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; COMMELINA; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; MOMORDICA; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 84859843149     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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