Selected nutritional components and sensory attributes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp) leaves

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-229

  Ahenkora, K ^a   Adu Dapaah, H K ^a   Agyemang, A ^a  

^a CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Cowpea varieties; Dual purpose; Leaf vegetable; Nutritional components

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NUTRIENT; PALATABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PRODUCT; PROTEIN;

ASCORBIC ACID; FABACEAE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TASTE; WATER;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0032421639     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008019113245     Document Type: Article

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