Nutrient composition and nutritional importance of green leaves and wild food resources in an agricultural district, Koutiala, in Southern Mall

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Nordeide, M B ^a   Hatloy A ^a   Folling M ^b   Lied, E ^c   Oshaug, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; FAT; LYSINE; MINERAL; PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GARLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALI; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RURAL AREA; SEASON;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 0029909150     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637489609031874     Document Type: Article

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