Nutrient composition of selected traditional United States Northern Plains Native American plant foods

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-152

  Phillips, Katherine M ^a   Pehrsson, Pamela R ^b   Agnew, Wanda W ^c   Scheett, Angela J ^d   Follett, Jennifer R ^d   Lukaski, Henry C ^d   Patterson, Kristine Y ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c United Tribes Technical College   (United States)

^d GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Biodiversity and nutrition; Chenopodium album L.; Chokecherry; Folate vitamers; Food analysis; Food composition; Foraged food; Fruits; Indigenous food system; Native American diet; Psoralea esculenta pursh; Rosa pratincola Greene; Urtica dioica L.; Vegetables; Wild food; Wild raspberry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901342994     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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