Chemical composition and nutritive value of some wild-gathered tropical plant seeds

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Ezeagu, Ikechukwu E ^a   Metges, Cornelia C ^b   Proll, Jürgen ^b   Petzke, Klaus J ^b   Akinsoyinu, Akintunde O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AFZELIA BELLA; ALBIZIA ZYGIA; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; ENTANDROPHRAGMA; ENTANDROPHRAGMA ANGOLENSE; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GLYCINE MAX; LONCHOCARPUS; LONCHOCARPUS SERICEUS; MILLETTIA; MILLETTIA THONNINGII; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0012088510     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659601700310     Document Type: Article

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