Potential for increasing the content and bioavailability of Fe, Zn and Ca in plants for human nutrition

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 861-879

  Frossard, Emmanuel ^a   Bucher, Marcel ^a   Mächler, Felix ^a   Mozafar, Ahmad ^a   Hurrell, Richard ^b  

^a Research Station Eschikon   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beans; Bioavailability; Biotechnology; Ca; Cereals; Fe; Fertilisers; Human nutrition; Pla nt breeding; Plant nutrition; Review; Roots; Tubers; Zn

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM; CEREAL PRODUCT; FERTILIZER; FRUIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN NUTRITION; IRON; PHYTASE; PLANT BREEDING; ROOT VEGETABLE; ZINC;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0034657992     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(20000515)80:7<861::AID-JSFA601>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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