Bio-nutritional evaluations of three tropical leaf vegetables (Telfairia occidentalis, Amaranthus cruentus and Talinum triangulare) as sole dietary protein sources in rat assay

Food Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 757-765

  Fasuyi, Ayodeji O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nitrogen free diet; Protein quality evaluation; Rat bioassay; Reference diet

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; NITROGEN;

AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FECES ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; TALINUM TRIANGULARE; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TALINUM TRIANGULARE; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 33847108463     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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