Total and Soluble Oxalate Content of Some Indian Spices

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-190

  Das, Sumana Ghosh ^a   Savage, G P ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Insoluble oxalate; Soluble oxalate; Spices; Total oxalate

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARUM; CHEMISTRY; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CUMINUM; CURCUMA; ELETTARIA; GINGER; MURRAYA; NUTMEG; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SOLUBILITY; SPICE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARUM; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CUMINUM; CURCUMA; ELETTARIA; GINGER; MURRAYA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; OXALATES; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SOLUBILITY; SPICES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM; CURCUMA LONGA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84861673595     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0278-0     Document Type: Article

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