Nutritional profile of Kuwaiti composite dishes: Proximate composition, phytates content and protein quality evaluation

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-41

  Sawaya, W N ^a   Al Awadhi, F ^a,b   Dashti, B ^a   Khalafawi, S ^a   Al Zenki, S ^a   Al Kandari, S A ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Amino acid profile; Food composition; Phytate; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 5844414896     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1997.9991503     Document Type: Article

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