Nutrient Content of Two Indigenous Plant Foods of the Western Sahel:Balanites aegyptiacaandMaerua crassifolia

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-230

  Cook, Julia A ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy J ^a   Pastuszyn, Andrzej ^a   Mounkaila, Garba ^b   Glew, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

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EID: 0000327187     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.1998.0582     Document Type: Article

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