Nutritional composition of leaves of Chenopodium species (C. album L., C. murale L. and C. opulifolium Shraeder)

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Guerrero, José Luis Guil ^a   Isasa, María Esperanza Torija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MINERAL; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; CHENOPODIUM OPULIFOLIUM;

EID: 9844237571     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637489709028578     Document Type: Article

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