Nutritional value of balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.) leaves

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 522-529

  Hassan, L G ^a   Umar, K J ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Amino acids and mineral elements; Momordica balsamina L.; Wild leafy vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; IRON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LIPID; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METHIONINE; MINERAL; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROLINE; SERINE; SODIUM; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; FIBER; FOOD COMPOSITION; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF;

MOMORDICA BALSAMINA;

EID: 33845404162     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.522.529     Document Type: Article

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