Chemical composition of Acacia colei and Acacia tumida seeds - Potential food sources in the semi-arid tropics

Food Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Adewusi, Steve R A ^a   Falade, Olumuyiwa S ^a   Harwood, Chris ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino and fatty acid composition; Minerals; Proximate; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ETHER; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; SUGAR; THIAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; WATER; ZINC;

ACACIA; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT SEED; PROCESSING; SEED HUSK; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOLUBILITY; TROPICS;

ACACIA; ACACIA COLEI; ACACIA TUMIDA;

EID: 0037290849     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00253-4     Document Type: Article

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