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Alok Jha1, Arvind Kumar1, Parul Jain1

  • 1Centre of Food Science and Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005 India.

Journal of Food Science and Technology
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Keywords:
ColiformsFree fatty acidHydroxy methyl furfuralLal pedaThiobarbituric acid

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