Chemical composition of groundnut, Arachis hypogaea (L) landraces

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2203-2208

  Asibuo, James Yaw ^a   Akromah, Richard ^b   Safo Kantanka, Osei ^b   Adu Dapaah, Hans Kofi ^a   Ohemeng Dapaah, Seth ^a   Agyeman, Adelaide ^a  

^a CSIR Crops Research Institute   (South Africa)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Groundnut; Minerals; Oil; Protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; OIL; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LANDRACE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEANUT; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 47149095106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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