Chemical and proximate composition of (Zizyphus spinachristi) nabag fruit

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Osman, Magdi A ^a   Asif Ahmed, Mohammed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acids; Chemicals; Minerals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993085463     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910930842     Document Type: Article

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