Nutritional quality of sandbox tree (Hura crepitans Linn.)

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Fowomola, M A ^a,b   Akindahunsi, A A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b The Federal Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antinutrients; Hura crepitans; Nutrients; Sandbox tree; Trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CALCIUM; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CYSTEINE; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IRON; LEUCINE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PETROLEUM; PHYTATE; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SAPONIN; SODIUM; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; VITAMIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HURA CREPITANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ARGININE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; EUPHORBIACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OLEIC ACID; PHYTIC ACID; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

HURA; HURA CREPITANS;

EID: 34248150314     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2005.062     Document Type: Article

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