Maize: A paramount staple crop in the context of global nutrition

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-436

  Nuss, Emily T ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GRAIN CROPS; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; HUMAN DIET; HUMAN HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; MAIZE FLOUR; MAIZE KERNELS; MAIZE PLANTS; NIXTAMALIZATION; NUTRIENT ABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTATE; PLANT GROWTH; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STAPLE CROPS; STAPLE FOOD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CROPS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955827085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2010.00117.x     Document Type: Review

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