Cultivar effect on Moringa oleifera glucosinolate content and taste: A pilot study

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-211

  Doerr, Beth ^a   Wade, Kristina L ^b   Stephenson, Katherine K ^b   Reed, Stewart B ^c   Fahey, Jed W ^b,d  

^a Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofumigation; Biomass; Glucosinolate; Isothiocyanate; Nutrition; Taste; Tree; Tropic

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

BIOMASS; CULTIVAR; FUMIGATION; GERMPLASM; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PILOT STUDY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUCOSINOLATES; HUMANS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 70449356888     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240902794630     Document Type: Article

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