Lentils (Lens culinaris medikus subspecies culinaris): A whole food for increased iron and zinc intake

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5413-5419

  Thavarajah, Dil ^a   Thavarajah, Pushparajah ^a   Sarker, Ashutosh ^b   Vandenberg, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Iron; Lentils; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETICS; LENTIL; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED;

FOOD ANALYSIS; IRON; LENS PLANT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEEDS; ZINC;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 67649210989     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900786e     Document Type: Article

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