Gnetum africanum: A wild food plant from the african forest with many nutritional and medicinal properties

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1289-1297

  Ali, Fadi ^a   Assanta, Mafu Akier ^b   Robert, Carole ^a  

^a PharmAfrican   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

African forest; Gnetum africanum; nutritional value; therapeutic properties; vegetable; wild food plant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA IONONE; BETA IONONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; GNETUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; HUMULENE; MINERAL; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CALORIE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FIBER; FOREST; GNETUM; GNETUM AFRICANUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; ASIA; COOKING; GNETUM; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

GNETUM AFRICANUM;

EID: 80755182307     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0327     Document Type: Review

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