Linolenic acid and folate in wild-growing African dark leafy vegetables (morogo)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-530

  Van Der Walt, Anna M ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed I M ^a   Bezuidenhout, Cornelius C ^a   Loots, Du Toit ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African diet; Folate; Morogo; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Traditional vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDIC ACID; BEHENIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; LIGNOCERIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DRY MASS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; WILD PLANT; AMARANTHUS; CHEMISTRY; CLEOME; LEGUME; VEGETABLE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; AMARANTHUS; CLEOME; FABACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 65449177236     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002814     Document Type: Article

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