Influence of heat processing on the nutrient composition of vegetable leaves consumed in Nigeria

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Onyeike, Eugene N ^a   Ihugba, Alexius C ^a   George, Chinyere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Heat processing; Nutrient composition; Vegetable leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644371187     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040327.57587.db     Document Type: Article

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