Fatty acid, amino acid, and trace mineral analyses of five weaning foods from Jos, Nigeria

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 257-274

  Fernandez, Diane R ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy J ^a   Williams, M ^b   Huang, Y S ^c   Chuang, Lu Te ^c   Millson, Mark ^d   Andrews, Ronnee ^d   Pastuszyn, Andrzej ^a   Glew, Robert H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

linolenic acid; Amino acids; Essential Fatty Acids (EFA); Infant nutrition; Jos; Linoleic acid; Nigeria; Trace minerals; Weaning food

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; WEANING;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MINERALS; NIGERIA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; WEANING;

EID: 0036770524     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021899103662     Document Type: Article

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