Investigation of dietary fiber, protein, vitamin E and other nutritional compounds of banana flower of two cultivars grown in China

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3888-3895

  Sheng, Zhan Wu ^a   Ma, Wei Hong ^a   Jin, Zhi Qiang ^a   Bi, Yang ^b   Sun, Zhi Gao ^c   Dou, Hua Ting ^d   Gao, Jin He ^a   Li, Jing Yang ^a   Han, Li Na ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana flower; Dietary fiber; Protein; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FLAVONOID; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LINOLEIC ACID; LYSINE; PALMITIC ACID; SAPONIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DIETARY FIBER; FLOWER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT;

EID: 77954875725     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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