Nutritional potential of two leafy vegetables: Moringa oleifera and Ipomoea batatas leaves

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 057-060

  Oduro, Ibok ^a   Ellis, W O ^a   Owusu, Deborah ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ipomoea batatas; Moringa oleifera; Nutrition potential

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 58849108015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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