Chemical composition and potential of some underutilized tropical biomass. I: Fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-492

  Esuoso, Kayode ^a   Lutz, Harald ^a   Kutubuddin, Mohamed ^a   Bayer, Ernst ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; ESTER; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; LYSINE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; STARCH; STEROL; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; WAX;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MOISTURE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED; TROPICS;

ANIMALIA; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0032053738     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(97)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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