Glycemic response of some boiled legumes commonly eaten in nigeria

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Oboh, Henrietta ^a   Osagie, Anthony ^b   Omotosho, Adeyinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African yam beans (stenostylis stenocarpa); Boiling; Cowpeas (vigna unguiculata); Diet for diabetics; Glycemic index; Glycemic load; Groundnut (arachis hypogaea); Legumes; Pigeon peas (cajanus cajan); Postprandial blood glucose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; PALM OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAN; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COOKING; COWPEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGUME; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PEANUT; PEPPER; PIGEONPEA; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TASTE; VOLUNTEER; YAM;

EID: 78650819811     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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