Effect of maturity on proximate composition, phenolics and antioxidant attributes of cherry fruit

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 909-914

  Mahmood, Tahir ^a,b   Anwar, Farooq ^a,c   Bhatti, Ijaz Ahmad ^a   Iqbal, Tahira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Government Post Graduate College of Science   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84878442478     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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