Fruit nutritive composition of Maesobotrya barteri, an under-exploited tropical African tree

Fruits

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Ogbuagu, Marc Nwosu ^a   Agu, Basil ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fruits; Maesobotrya barteri; Mineral content; Nigeria; Proximate composition; Seeds; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

MAESOBOTRYA;

EID: 57349186822     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2008034     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Keay R.W.J., Trees of Nigeria, Clavendon Press Oxford, UK, 1989.
2. Dalziel J.M., The useful plants of tropical West Africa, Crown Overseas Agents Colon., London, UK, 1948.
3. Frantisek S., The natural guide to medicinal herb plants. Tiger Books Int., Twickenham, UK, 1998.
4. James C.S., Analytical chemistry of foods, Chapman and Hall, NY, USA, 1995.
5. Anon., Official methods of analysis, Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. (AOAC), 15th ed., Washington D.C., USA, 1990.
6. Pearson D., The chemical analysis of foods, 7th ed., Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK, 1976.
7. Kirk R.S., Sawyer R., Pearson's composition and analysis of foods, 9th ed., Longman Sci. Tech. Group, UK, 1991.
8. Baraket M.Z., Shehab S.K., Daswish N., Zaherymy E.I., Determination of ascorbic acid from plants, J. Anal. Biochem. 53 (1973) 225-245.
9. Watt B.K., Merrill A.L., Composition of foods, Agric. Handb. No. 8, Consum. Food Econ. Res. Serv. US. Dep. Agric., USA, 1963.
10. Osee H., Bennion M., Introductory foods, 3rd ed., The MacMillan Co., Collier-MacMillan Ltd., London, UK, 1970.
11. Osborne D.R., Voogt P., Calculation of caloric value in the analysis of nutrients in roots, in: Osborne D.R., Voogt P. (Eds.), Analysis of nutrients in roots, Acad. Press., NY, USA, 1978, pp. 239-240.
12. Akobundu E.N.T., Healthy foods in human nutrition, J. Sustain. Agric. Environ. (1999) 1-7.
13. Scala J., Fiber: the forgotten nutrients, Food Technol. 20 (1) (1974) 34-36.
14. Platt B.S., Tables of representative values of foods commonly used in tropical countries, HMSO, Med. Res. Counc., spec. rep. ser., No. 302, London, UK, 1962.
15. Umoh I.B., Fats in fruits, in: Nutritional quality of plant foods, Osagie A.U., Eka O.U. (Eds.), Post harvest research unit, Dep. Biochem., Univ. Benin, Nigeria, 1998.
16. Ekpeyong T.E., Chemical composition and amino acid content of African breadfruit (Treculia africana), Food Chem. 17 (1985) 39-64.
17. Ihekoronye A.L., Ngoddy P.O., Integrated food science and technology for the tropics, Macmillan Publ., London, UK, 1985.
18. Reuther W., Webber H.J., Batchelor L.D., The citrus industry, vol. I: History, world distribution, botany and varieties (revis. ed.), Univ. Calif., Div. Agric. Sci., Berkeley, USA, 1967.
19. Meneely G.B., Barttablee H.D., Sodium and potassium, Nutr. Rev. 34 (1976) 225-235.
20. Ekpa O.D., Nutrient compositions of three Nigerian medicinal plants, Food Chem. 57 (1996) 229-232.
21. Vickery M.L., Vickery B., Plant products of tropical Africa, Macmillan Press Ltd., London, UK, 1979.
22. Wardlaw G.M., Contemporary nutrition issues and insights, 4th Ed., McGraw Hill, Boston, USA, 2000.
23. Mapson L.W., Vitamins in fruits, in: Hulme A.C. (Ed.), The biochemistry of fruits and their products, vol. 1, Acad. Press, London, UK, 1970, pp. 369-383.
24. Onyenuga V.A., Nigerian foods and feeding stuffs. Their chemistry and nutritive value, Ibadan Univ. Press, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1968.
25. Okogun J.I., The Nigerian battle against HIV/ AIDS. The ignored but vital chemistry impute, Chem. Nigeria 2 (2002) 9-11.
26. Wardlaw G.M., Kessel M., Perspectives in nutrition, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill, NY, USA, 2002.