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Nutritional and anti-nutritional composition of velvet bean: an under-utilized food legume in South India

V. Vadivel, K. Janardhanan Seed Technology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046 (TN), India
Pages 279-287 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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