Nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions of Cleome rutidosperma, Lagenaria siceraria, and Cucurbita maxima seeds from Nigeria

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-738

  Ojiako, O A ^a   Igwe, C U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cleome rutidosperma; Cucurbita maxima; Lagenaria siceraria; Proximate and elemental composition

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FAT; FLAVONOID; IRON; MINERAL; PENTOSE; PHYTOSTEROL; POTASSIUM; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEOME; CLEOME RUTIDOSPERMA; FLOUR; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUASH; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CLEOME; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MINERALS; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS;

CLEOME RUTIDOSPERMA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA;

EID: 37549029162     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.625     Document Type: Article

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