Fatty acid, amino acid and trace mineral composition of Eleusine coracana (Pwana) seeds from northern Nigeria

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Fernandez, Diane R ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy J ^a   Millson, Mark ^b   Huang, Yung Sheng ^c   Chuang, Lu Te ^c   Pastuszyn, Andrzej ^a   Glew, Robert H ^a  

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

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

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Eleusine coracana; Essential amino acids; Essential fatty acid (EFA); Finger millet; Minerals; Nigeria; Pwana

Indexed keywords

ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 18644378476     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040323.67339.cb     Document Type: Article

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