Nutritive value of masau (Ziziphus mauritiana) fruits from Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe

Food Chemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 168-172

  Nyanga, Loveness K ^a,c   Gadaga, Tendekayi H ^b   Nout, Martinus J R ^c   Smid, Eddy J ^c   Boekhout, Teun ^d   Zwietering, Marcel H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Masau fruits; Micronutrient potential; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

COPPER CONTENT; CRUDE FAT; CRUDE FIBRE; CRUDE PROTEINS; DRIED FRUITS; DRY MATTER CONTENT; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY VALUE; MAURITIANA; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; MICRONUTRIENT POTENTIAL; NUTRITIVE VALUES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROXIMATE COMPOSITIONS; VITAMIN C; ZIMBABWE;

CARBOHYDRATES; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEINS; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS; ZINC;

FRUITS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; FAT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY; FRUIT; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SEASON; ZIMBABWE; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

CARBOHYDRATES; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEINS; VITAMINS; ZIMBABWE; ZIZIPHUS;

ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 84869875430     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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