Nutritional and mineral composition of selected green leafy vegetables
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Nutritional composition of selected green leafy vegetables, herbs and carrots.
Six green leafy vegetables and herbs - spinach, amaranth, bengal gram, cauliflower, mint, coriander and carrots - were analyzed for moisture, protein, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, total iron, ionizable iron (as % of total iron) in vitro iron (% of total iron), copper, manganese and zinc. Moisture content of the leaves and carrots varied from 75.1 percent (bengal gram) to 95.4 percent (carrot) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Journal of Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2513-230X,2513-2814
DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v47i1.7484