Capparis species: A potential source of bioactives and high-value components: A review

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-96

  Gull, Tehseen ^a   Anwar, Farooq ^b,c   Sultana, Bushra ^a   Alcayde, Maria Angelica Cervantes ^d   Nouman, Wasif ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological attributes; Caper; Folk medicinal uses; Food value; Functional compounds; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES; CAPER; FOLK MEDICINAL USES; FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DRUG; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 84922243290     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.12.059     Document Type: Review

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