Nutritional evaluation of Kedrostis africana (L.) Cogn: An edible wild plant of South Africa

Nutritional evaluation of Kedrostis africana (L.) Cogn: An edible wild plant of South Africa

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional composition and elemental constituents of Kedrostis africana and their safety aspect. Methods: Proximate parameters (moisture, ash, crude fibre, crude fat, proteins, and carbohydrate and energy) were evaluated using ALASA methods, and elemental analysis by ICP-...

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Main Authors: Jeremiah Oshiomame Unuofin, Gloria Aderonke Otunola, Anthony Jide Afolayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-05-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Subjects:
Kedrostis africana
Proximate analysis
Nutritional value
ICP-OES
Edible wild plant
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116308322

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