Beneficial uses of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): Nutritional, medicinal and other uses

Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 491-505

  Badrie, Neela ^a   Broomes, Jacklyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Artocarpus altilis; Breadfruit; Food; Medicinal; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871493523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374628-3.00033-5     Document Type: Chapter

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