Compositional and nutritional attributes of seeds from the multiple purpose tree Moringa oleifera Lamarck

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 815-820

  Oliveira, Jose T A ^a   Silveira, Silvana B ^a   Vasconcelos, Ilka M ^a   Cavada, Benildo S ^a   Moreira, Renato A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinutritional factors; Moringa oleifera; Protein quality; Seed nutrient composition

Indexed keywords

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 0032958628     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990501)79:6<815::AID-JSFA290>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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