Nutritional and toxic factors in selected wild edible plants

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-107

  Guil, J L ^a   Rodriguez Garci I ^a   Torija, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Erucic acid; Nitrate; Oxalic acid; Wild edible plant

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; BRASSICACEAE; CARDARIA DRABA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; DRABA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; STELLARIA MEDIA;

EID: 0031405719     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007988815888     Document Type: Article

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