Nutrients and bioactive compounds content of baillonella toxisperma, Trichoscypha abut and Pentaclethra macrophylla from Cameroon

Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 292-301

  Fungo, Robert ^a,b   Muyonga, John ^a   Kaaya, Archileo ^a   Okia, Clement ^c   Tieguhong, Juius C ^b   Baidu Forson, Jojo J ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Forest foods; Human nutrition; Nutrient composition and Congo Basin regionnutrient

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002942970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.217     Document Type: Article

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