Nutritional composition and amino acid profile of a sub-tropical red seaweed Gelidium pusillum collected from St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2287-2292

  Siddique, M A M ^a   Khan, M S K ^b   Bhuiyan, M K A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gelidium pusillum Proximate composition; Red seaweed; St. Martin's Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887537009     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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