Assessment of Ontario-grown ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) for nutritional quality and food safety

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 115-121

  Jackson, Chung Ja C ^a   Vasantha Rupasinghe, H P ^a   Schooley, Jan ^b   Ayanbadejo, Temitope ^a   Martos, Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

American ginseng; Fungicides; Heavy metals; Micro nutrients; Pesticides; Polysaccharides; Triterpene dammarane (saponins)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879956044     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.629.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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