Nutritional evaluation of mineral content changes in fresh green asparagus as a function of the spear portions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 900-906

  Amaro Lopez M A ^a   Zurera Cosano, G ^a   Moreno Rojas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Fresh green asparagus; Mineral content; Nutritional estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VEGETABLE; ZINC;

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0344242072     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990501)79:6<900::AID-JSFA305>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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