Preliminary Studies on Piliostigma thonningii seeds: Proximate analysis, mineral composition and phytochemical screening

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1439-1442

  Jimoh, F O ^a   Oladiji, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant micronutrients; Phytochemical screening; Piliostigma thonningii; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; MINERAL; SAPONIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII; PLANT SEED; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII;

EID: 29144465168     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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