Proximate analysis and some antinutritional factor constituents in selected varieties of Jamaican Yams (Dioscorea and Rajana spp.)

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-98

  McAnuff, Marie A ^a   Omoruyi, Felix O ^a   Sotelo López, Angela ^b   Asemota, Helen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antinutritional factors; Cyanoglucosides; Dioscorea; Protease inhibitors; Saponins; Yams

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETICS; JAMAICA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; YAM;

DIETARY FIBER; DIOSCOREA; FOOD ANALYSIS; JAMAICA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SAPONINS; TANNINS;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA POLYGONOIDES; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 22144469143     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-005-5105-0     Document Type: Article

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