Nutritional and ecological aspects of buriti or aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa Linnaeus filius): A carotene-rich palm fruit from Latin America

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 345-358

  Pacheco Santos, Leonor Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aguaje; Buriti; Latin America; Mauritia; Nutritional aspects

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; NUTRITION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 27744449664     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240500253369     Document Type: Article

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