Nutritional and chemical evaluation of pearl millet grains (Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & Hubbard, Poaceae) grown in the Gizan area of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-169

  Basahy, Abdullah Yahia ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE;

CALCIUM; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FAT; IRON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CEREAL; FOOD COMPOSITION; GRAIN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN CONTENT; SAUDI ARABIA;

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; FATS; IRON; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PANICUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PROTEINS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0029864951     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637489609012578     Document Type: Article

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