Determination of macro and micronutrients and nutritional prospects of six vegetable species of Mardan, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2829-2833

  Hussain, Javid ^a,b   Ur Rehman, Najeeb ^a,b   Khan, Abdul Latif ^a,c   Hussain, Hidayat ^b   Al Harrasi, Ahmed ^b   Ali, Liaqat ^b   Sami, Farhana ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^d  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; ALLIUM SATIVUM; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84865679039     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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