Digestibility and metabolism of flour from two yam species (d. dumetorum and d. rotundata) in school age children

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 217-225

  Treche, S ^b   Agbor, Egbe T ^a  

^a Centre for Nutrition ^*  (Cameroon)

^b Cité Scientifique   (Congo)

Author keywords

children; diets; digestibility and metabolism; starch; stool; urine; Yam flour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003970807     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1995.9991462     Document Type: Article

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