Amino acid profiles and protein quality of cooked cassava leaves or 'saka-saka'

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 529-534

  Ngudi, Delphin Diasolua ^a,b   Kuo, Yu Haey ^a   Lambein, Fernand ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b National Program of Nutrition   (Congo)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cyanogens; Konzo; Methionine deficiency; Protein quality

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0038673098     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1373     Document Type: Article

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