Phytochemical Screening of the Aqueous Extracts of Iranian Onion (Allium cepa L.) Landraces

Subject Areas : food microbiology

K. Keyghobadi ¹ , M. Golabadi ² , M. Khozaei ³ , A. Rezaei ⁴

1 - Ph D student of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
4 - Professor of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2021-06-03 Accepted : 2021-06-03 Published : 2021-07-01

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