Nutritional analysis of the edible pit of Sclerocarya birrea in the Republic of Niger (daniya, Hausa)

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-111

  Glew, R S ^a   VanderJagt, D J ^b   Huang, Y S ^c   Chuang, L T ^c   Bosse, R ^d   Glew, R H ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Daniya; Famine food; Fatty acids; Minerals; Niger; Nutrients; Sclerocarya birrea

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LEUCINE; LINOLEIC ACID; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM; OLEIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE; ZINC;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; GRAIN YIELD; HUMAN; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RURAL AREA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA;

SCLEROCARYA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA;

EID: 1542516232     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1575(03)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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