Dietary fiber, organic acids and minerals in selected wild edible fruits of Mozambique

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Magaia, Telma ^a,b   Uamusse, Amália ^a   Sjöholm, Ingegerd ^b   Skog, Kerstin ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Daily intake; Dietary fiber; Minerals; Wild fruits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876534123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-88     Document Type: Article

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