Carotenoid contents in fresh, dried and processed sweetpotato products

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 455-473

  Hagenimana, V ^a   Carey, E E ^a   Gichuki, S T ^a   Oyunga, M A ^a   Imungi, J K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Drying; Flour; Ipomoea batatas; Postharvest; Vitamin A; carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 0032797937     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1998.9991560     Document Type: Article

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