Nutrient content of the edible leaves of seven wild plants from Niger

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-69

  Freiberger, C E ^a   Vanderjagt, D J ^a   Pastuszyn, A ^a   Glew, R S ^b   Mounkaila, G ^c   Millson, M ^d   Glew, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Faculté des Sciences   (Niger)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Famine foods; Niger; Nutrition; Trace minerals; Western Sahel; Wild plant foods

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MINERALS; NIGER; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SELENIUM;

EID: 0032317428     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008080508028     Document Type: Article

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