Nutritional evaluation of wild yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers of Nepal

Food Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-623

  Bhandari, Megh Raj ^a   Kasai, Takanori ^a   Kawabata, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; EAA score; Essential amino acid; Mineral; Proximate composition: Amino acid; Wild yam

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; FAT; IRON; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASH; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TUBER (GENUS); YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0037490722     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(03)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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