Grewia asiatica L., a food plant with multiple uses

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2663-2682

  Zia Ul Haq, Muhammad ^a   Stanković, Milan S ^b   Rizwan, Komal ^c   De Feo, Vincenzo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grewia asiatica; Nutrition; Pharmacological properties; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GREWIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GREWIA; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84875626140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18032663     Document Type: Review

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