The proximate, mineral, and toxicant compositions of four possible food security crops from Southeastern Nigeria

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1203-1209

  Ojiako, Okey A ^a   Ogbuji, Chiza A ^b   Agha, Ngozi C ^a   Onwuliri, Viola A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Abia State Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

antinutrients; Citrullus colocynthis; minerals; Mucuna flagellipes; nutrients; Pentaclethra macrophylla; Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTATE; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOCYNTH; COOKED FOOD; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SECURITY; MOISTURE; MUCUNA FLAGELLIPES; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; SPHENOSTYLIS STENOCARPA; VELVET BEAN; WATERMELON; YAM;

CALCIUM; CITRULLUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYANIDES; FABACEAE; FOOD HANDLING; MINERALS; MUCUNA; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTIC ACID; SEEDS; SPHENOSTYLIS; ZINC;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; MUCUNA FLAGELLIPES; PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA; SPHENOSTYLIS STENOCARPA;

EID: 77956596052     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0221     Document Type: Article

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