Ethnobotanical assessment and nutritive potential of wild food plants

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-99

  Shad, A A ^a   Shah, H U ^a   Bakht, J ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Minerals; Nutraceuticals; Proximate; Wild food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874775804     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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