Bitterness and toxicity in wild yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers of Nepal

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-135

  Bhandari, Megh Raj ^a   Kawabata, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitterness; Cyanogens; Diosbulbins; Dioscorea; Toxicity; Wild yams

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN; DITERPENE; NITRILE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SAFETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE; YAM;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIOSCOREA; DITERPENES; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEPAL; NITRILES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OXALATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 26244461053     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-005-6841-1     Document Type: Article

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