Mineral values of selected plant foods common to southern Burkina Faso and to Niamey, Niger, West Africa

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-53

  Smith, Garrett C ^a   Clegg, Michael S ^a   Keen, Carl L ^a,b   Grivetti, Louis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; FOOD; NIGER; PLANT;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; SCLEROCARYA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; XYLOPIA;

EID: 0030059594     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637489609028560     Document Type: Article

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