Nutritional and antinutritional evaluation of wild yam (Dioscorea spp.)

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 723-730

  Shajeela, P S ^a   Mohan, V R ^b   Louis Jesudas, L ^c   Tresina Soris, P ^b  

^a St John's College   (India)

^b V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

^c ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Antinutrients; In vitro digestibility; Proximate and mineral composition; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 84859459743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18700462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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