Nutritional potential of the nut of tropical almond (Terminalia Catappia L.)

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-336

  Christian, Agatemor ^a   Ukhun, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Animal food; Nut; Tropical almond nut

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOL; SODIUM; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC;

ACIDITY; ALMOND; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; NONHUMAN; NUT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPIA;

TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 33747329275     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.334.336     Document Type: Article

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