Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.): A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-110

  De Caluwé, Emmy ^a   Halamová, Kateřina ^b   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; FRUITS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ESSENTIAL MINERALS; SIZING MATERIALS; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA; TAMARINDUS INDICA; VITAMIN C CONTENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84905570370     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2009-1021.ch005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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