Nutritional and phenolic characterization of moringa Oleifera leaves grown in Sinaloa, México

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 161-168

  Castillo López, Ramón Ignacio ^a   León Félix, Josefina ^a   Angulo Escalante, Miguel Ángel ^a   Gutiérrez Dorado, Roberto ^b   Muy Rangel, María Dolores ^a   Heredia, José Basilio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Moringa; Nutraceuticals; Nutrients; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013625850     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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