Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-84

  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

AMINO ACIDS; FRUITS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS; CRUDE PROTEINS; FRUIT PULPS; MULTI-PURPOSE; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; TREE SPECIES; VITAMIN C CONTENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84905579266     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2009-1021.ch004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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