Assessment of nutritional values of three underutilized indigenous leafy vegetables of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2321-2324

  Nnamani, C V ^a   Oselebe, H O ^a   Agbatutu, A ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ebonyi State; Indigenous; Leafy vegetables; Nutritional value; Underutilized

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADENIA CISSAMPLOIDES; ARTICLE; ASH; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FAT CONTENT; FIBER; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MOISTURE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN CONTENT; VITEX DONIANA; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOYLOIDES;

ADENIA; VITEX DONIANA; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

EID: 66949127617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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