Nutrient content of four edible wild plants from West Africa

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 187-193

  Glew, Robert S ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy J ^b   Chuang, L T ^c   Huang, Y S ^d   Millson, M ^d   Glew, Robert H ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amino acid; Borassus aethiopum; Cocos nucifera L.; Diospyros mespilformis; Fatty acids; Lichens; Minerals; Niger; Tamarindus indica

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; MINERAL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AMINO ACIDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MINERALS; NIGER; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; COCOS NUCIFERA; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; RIMELIA; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 30144439116     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-005-8616-0     Document Type: Article

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