Bamboo Shoots: A Novel Source of Nutrition and Medicine

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 517-534

  Singhal, Poonam ^a   Bal, Lalit Mohan ^a   Satya, Santosh ^a   Sudhakar, P ^a   Naik, S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo shoots; medicinal properties; nutritional composition; pharmaceutical preparations; taxiphyllin

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO SHOOTS; MEDICINAL PROPERTIES; NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TAXIPHYLLIN;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS; SUGARS; NUTRITION;

BAMBOO;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSOIDEAE; POACEAE;

BAMBOO; MEDICINE; NUTRITION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE; NITRILE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TAXIPHYLLIN;

BAMBUSA; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PRODUCT SAFETY; REVIEW;

BAMBUSA; BEVERAGES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; NITRILES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT SHOOTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873695750     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.531488     Document Type: Article

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