Assessment of antinutritional factors and bioavailability of calcium and zinc in wild yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers of Nepal

Food Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Bhandari, Megh Raj ^a   Kawabata, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antinutritional factors; Dioscorea; Molar ratio; Oxalate; Phytate; Wild yam

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; OXALIC ACID; PHYTATE; TRYPSIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH HAZARD; NEPAL; NUTRITION; PLANT TUBER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 0346219387     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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